Nigeria’s poverty rate supersedes China, Indonesia, Vietnam’s combined – Peter Obi

Peter Obi Warns Nigeria’s Poverty Rate Surpasses Combined Rates of China, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has sounded the alarm on Nigeria’s escalating poverty crisis, asserting that the country’s poverty rate exceeds the combined rates of China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Speaking at a public lecture in Abuja, Obi cited recent data estimating that over 43% of Nigerians live below the poverty line, a stark contrast to the significant poverty reductions achieved by the three Asian nations throug…

Nigeria’s poverty rate supersedes China, Indonesia, Vietnam’s combined – Peter Obi

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has lamented that Nigeria has more poor people than China, Indonesia and Vietnam put together.   The former Anambra governor blamed poor leadership for the rising poverty levels in the country.   Obi stated this while delivering a lecture titled ‘Politics and Change in Nigeria’, at Johns Hopkins University in the United States on Thursday.   He delivered the lecture at…