By Munachimso Obienyi
Sokoto, Bayelsa, and Jigawa States led the list of states in Nigeria with the highest multidimensional poverty index, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.
This is according to the recently released highly anticipated multidimensional poverty report.
The report put Nigeria’s poverty index at 0.257, with about 133 million people being multidimensionally poor.
Sokoto, Bayelsa, and Jigawa States led the list of states in Nigeria with the highest multidimensional poverty index, having an aggregate of 14.18 million impoverished people.
Factors such as healthcare, food insecurity, education, nutrition, and access to cooking fuel contributed the most to the national poverty index.
According to the NBS, over half of the Nigerian populace is multidimensionally poor and deprived of cooking fuel.
