The presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 Million citizens are living in poverty.
Special adviser on media and public communication to President Tinubu, Sunday Dare, said in a post on his official x handle that the poverty figures must be “Properly clarified within the limits of global poverty measurement models.
While Nigeria values its partnership with the World Bank and appreciates its contributions to policy analysis, dare describe the figure as “Unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities.