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Rural Nigeria In Abject Poverty Despite Borrowing Trillions - Peter Obi ~ OsazuwaAkonedo
Nov 25, 2022
Rural Nigeria In Abject Poverty Despite Borrowing Trillions - Peter Obi ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #army #economy #Nigeria #Nigerian #Nigerians #Poverty #Buhari #Muhammadu #Obi #OsazuwaAkonedo #Peter #Rural https://osazuwaakonedo.news/rural-nigeria-in-abject-poverty-despite-borrowing-trillions-peter-obi/25/11/2022/ By Peter Obi
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by Peter Obi
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Dash
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rural part of Nigeria is trapped in
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abject poverty we are leaving our
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children miserable and uneducated 27 of
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school-aged children are out of school
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and poor 29 of all school-aged children
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are not attending school and 94 out of
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school children are very poor
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the multi-dimensional poverty index is
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the best mirror of failure of governance
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in the country
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in spite of earning trillions in oil
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Revenue in spite of borrowing trillion
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naira for infrastructure development
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almost half of Nigerians are poor and
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close to two-thirds of Nigerians do not
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have access to basic sanitation access
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to basic education lack basic nutrition
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and do not visit hospitals
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it is terrible disgrace and disservice
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to a country with our tremendous natural
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and human resource
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the political economy of this report
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should be made clear to every Nigerian
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voter because what it simply means is
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that government is not working
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it means that the state is working for
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the few and not for all the citizens of
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the country
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it means that the future is terrible for
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every Nigerian young or old rich or poor
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the trending of multi-dimensional
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poverty if not arrested immediately will
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damage State capacity and Effectiveness
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and therefore disarray economic and
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social policies that will reverse the
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trend in the future
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if we combine atrocious fiscal decline
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with Grand and pervasive corruption and
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the level of incompetence of public
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leadership to such generalized poverty
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we will end up a completely collapsed
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State thrown back to state of nature
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unless the situation is arrested with
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our population estimated to reach 400
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million in the next 28 years Nigeria
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would become a security risk to the
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entire sub-Saharan Africa
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this report tells a story of the failure
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of Economic Policy of government
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the failure of government to invest in
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basic social and human infrastructure
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and the lack of commitment to the
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well-being of ordinary Nigerians
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especially those in the rural
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communities is heartbreaking
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how on Earth is it that 63 of Nigerians
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do not have access to the most basic
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sanitation and nutrition how come 63 of
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our citizens cannot approach a clinic or
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Health Center within two hours
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the World Bank assessment of poverty in
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Nigeria in 2022 makes it clear that
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additional 5.1 million Nigerians became
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poor this year
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even if there was no pandemic in the war
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in Ukraine Nigeria would still not have
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been able to reduce its poverty rate by
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any percentage because the policy
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Administration has no impact on poverty
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it is now time to end Politics as usual
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time to disband the army of greedy and
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self-serving politicians in Abuja and
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elect those who are connected to the
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people and those who share the pains and
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deprivations of the working and
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unemployed youths abandoned women and
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deprived children across Nigeria
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I will disrupt this trajectory of
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failure and wickedness in high places
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across Nigeria and give Nigerians back
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their country so that every child will
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have access to good schools good
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drinking water good sanitation good
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health care and their parents good jobs
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and the joy of being a citizen of a
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country that is lifting Millions from
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poverty into shared prosperity
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if China lifted 750 million from poverty
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in about 20 years and if India reduced
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poverty from 50 to 20 in about 15 years
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we could do even better
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we can wipe off multi-dimensional
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poverty in less than a decade let's do
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it together let us end the corruption
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and incompetence with our votes
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at View's exclusive rights Peter Obi
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labor party presidential candidate in
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the forthcoming 2023 general election
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November 25 2022
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