Poverty - Policy and Politics

The World Bank’s Alert on Rapid Growth of Poverty in Nigeria

By Marcel Okeke One of the cheerleader-organizations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms—The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme…

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Education, Good Governance Can Banish Poverty in Nigeria, Africa – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Africa could banish abject poverty and hunger with education, good governance and political leadership within 15 years. Obasanjo said that the continent, including…