Peter Obi, former governor of
Anambra state, says there are more poor people in Nigeria than in India and
China.
Obi said this at The Platform, an
annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos.
Citing the “Stress Index”, Obi
said Nigeria is the most stressful country in the world.
“Today, we are the most stressful
country. If you read the stress index, they said we are the most stressful,” he
said at the programme which held on Tuesday.
The vice-presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections said as poverty
capital of the world, six people in Nigeria fall into poverty every minute.
“Today, Nigeria is home to the
highest number of poor people living in any nation on earth,” he said.
“If you look at the latest report
of UNDP, it says Nigeria has moved from 86 million to 98 million persons living
in extreme poverty. We are growing at five percent annually. Every minute, six
Nigerians fall into poverty.
“In 2012, India had 276 million people
living in extreme poverty. Today, they have less than 76. Nigeria has more
people living in extreme poverty than China and India combined.”
He added that the country also
has the least score globally when in terms of equality among citizens.
Obi said: “Nigeria is now the
third most insecure place to live on the surface of the earth. We are now
behind Afghanistan and Syria, and with daily killings, banditry and
kidnappings, it is being speculated that Nigeria will soon overtake them.
“Our under-employment and
unemployment is one of the worst in the world. People will tell you it is about
25 percent, it is actually over 30 percent. And with over 22 million young
people in their productive age doing nothing, it is very worrisome.
“If you come to inequality,
Nigeria’s inequality today is the worst; 157/157. We are the worst if you look
at the oxfam report. In Nigeria, the richest on percent control 85 percent of
the wealth. All other countries are working hard to lower this, in Nigeria it
is even worsening.”
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