Sokoto Govt Faults NBS Poverty Rating, Launches Own Survey

Leadership | 26-08-2025 07:58pm |

Sokoto State government has faulted the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report that ranked the state as having the highest poverty rate in Nigeria, describing the bureau’s methodology as insufficient. The commissioner for Budget and Economic Development, Dr. Abubakar Muhammad Zayyanu, stated this while addressing journalists at a workshop organised in collaboration with UNICEF, the

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