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Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 — 5 POCKET CARTOON 133 million Nigerians poor - NBS By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor, Victor Ahiuma-Young, Emmanuel Elebeke, John Alechenu and Elizabeth Adegbesan THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS yesterday said that 133 million (63 per cent) Nigerians are suffering from multidimensional poverty, with children constituting more than half of poor people in the country. This means that two (2) out of every three (3) Nigerians are poor and experience just over onequarter of all possible deprivations in terms of health, education, living standards, and work and shocks. The NBS disclosed this in the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI, Report launched on Thursday in Abuja. The MPI is the result of the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey carried out by NBS and development partners. The survey was a collaborative effort between the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). A breakdown of the dimensions of poverty used for the MPI includes: Nutrition, Food insecurity, Time to healthcare, School attendance, Years of •North-85m, South-47m; 66.5m children are poor•Sokoto State tops with 91% poverty rate, Ondo State least poor with 27%• FG’ll use report to allocate resources-President Buhari•NBS poverty report, not contestable—NECA•APC leaving behind poverty legacy-PDP Campaign schooling and School lag. Others are Water, Water reliability, Sanitation, where 72% of people are FG restate poor, compared to 42% of people in urban areas. commitment to Housing materials, “Approximately 70% of Cooking fuel, Assets, eradicating Nigeria’s population live in Unemployment, rural areas, yet these areas poverty - Buhari Underemployment, are home to 80% of poor Meanwhile, President Security shock people; their intensity of Muhammadu Buhari has Among other things the poverty is also higher, at restated his unwavering report showed that 65% of 42% in rural areas commitment to eradicating poor people—86 million— compared to 37% in urban poverty in the country, live in the North, while areas. adding that the MPI 35%—nearly 47 million— “Two-thirds (67.5%) of results will be used to live in the South. children aged 0–17 are poor influence the allocation of According to the report, according to the National resources going forward, “multidimensional poverty MPI, and half (51%) of all particularly to target sectors is higher in rural areas, poor people are children.” where most citizens suffer Where poor people live, by state (number of poor people, million) deprivations. He added that the MPI results will also serve as both a measurement and policy tool to monitor the Federal Government’s progress at achieving these goal of lifting 100 million people out of poverty within 10 years, in line with the objectives of the SDGs and the Africa Agenda 2063 Speaking at the launch of the MPI report in Abuja, President Buhari who was represented by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, said, “This government recognises the importance of the data and the need to deploy it in sharing your story to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, both domestically and internationally. “Internally, we have now deployed a comprehensive Data Demand and Use (DDU) strategy to embed the use of evidence-based and data driven poverty reduction mechanisms. To begin this deployment of the data, let me share seven reasons why Nigeria’s multidimensional poverty index is a powerful tool to galvanise the kind of action that will push us forward to achieving the Presidential mandate of lifting 100 million out of poverty, within the next decade: “First, the building blocks of Nigeria’s MPI are a set of deprivations that a person experiences at the same time. They relate to dimensions like health, education, living standards, work, and security. And so, the MPI Continues on Page 35 Resurgence of kidnapping in the South West By Esther Onyegbula IN the last few months, there has been persistent kidnapping in the Southwest and it calls for urgent attention. The Southwest used to be the safest region in the country. My advice is that the governors in the Southwest should come together to find a lasting solution to the problem. —Adeola Ekine, Journalist ONLY a few gover nors are taking the issues of insecurity seriously in this country. Unfortunately, victims of kidnapping in the Southwest are at the mercy of kidnappers. Governors in the region must do something quickly before the situation escalates. —Ayodele Oladimeji, Entrepreneur SADLY, insecurity has become a major challenge in our nation. I suggest that there should be a special task force comprising all the security agencies and local vigilantes to tackle the resurgence of kidnapping in the Southwest. The situation requires urgent attention. —Obasi John, Entrepreneur G OVERNMENT should act fast. These bandits are fast advancing both in technology and methods of operation. It is paramount that the government should engage security agencies as well as foreign security intelligence to arrest situations. —Onome Naomi, Blogger THE security implica tions of the criminal concentration of kidnapping at the Lagos Ibadan-Expressway by men of the underworld underscores an intractable socio-economic obstruction in that axis of the country. This, of course, will hinder economic activities and may lead to the breakdown of law and order. —Evans Ufeli, Lawyer THE kidnapping of commuters along the Lagos Ibadan expressway is a source of worry and should attract the attention of all concerned notably the federal government, Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo state governments who should rise to the occasion to confront it with all the seriousness it deserves. —Nelson Ekujumi, Activist
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