Despite been a country rich with natural resources and a maximum crude oil production capacity of 2.5 million barrels per day, but still over 100million of its citizen live in destitution.
The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, was at the World Bank’s Country Programme Portfolio Review in Enugu on Tuesday 12th November 2013.
According to Punch, she revealed that about 100 million Nigerians live in abject poverty.
Marie revealed that the number of Nigerians living in destitution make up 8.33% of the total number of people living in destitution around the world.
she said.“One billion two hundred thousand people live in destitution out of which 100 million are Nigerians. Inequality is rising in many developing nations''
She did also reveal that the World Bank’s commitment to Nigeria stands at $5.34 Billion. The number of is said to reduce drastically by 2030.
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