Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that instead of Nigerians getting upset with the World Bank reportwhich listed Nigerians among the extremely poor people of the world, the ranking should be seen as a push for solution searching.
The global bank in its latest report listed Nigeria and nine other countries which included DR Congo, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan and Kenya as harbouring extremely poor people. The minister spoke yesterday while commissioning Global Distance Learning Institute (GDLI) in Abuja built with $20 million World Bank assisted fund.
In what looks like Nigeria’s first official reaction by a high ranking government official, Okonjo- Iweala said that poverty is not exception to Nigeria, saying more developed countries like Brazil, India have poor people.
Source: New Telegraph
