This revelation was made by the World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, while addressing participants at the Council on Foreign Relations, CFR, meeting in New York on Tuesday April 1st. He said five countries, including Nigeria, make up two-thirds of the world's extremely poor people.
“The fact is that two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor are concentrated in just five countries – India, China, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. If you add another five countries — Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya – the total grows to 80 percent of the extreme poor.”
“By extremely poor, we mean people living on less than $1.25 a day. And more than a billion people in the world live on less than that each day.”
Seriously,I find it disturbing. Reason is, we are supposedly the richest country in the world, Oh yes we have it all...and I heard the Cordinating minister this morning saying its normal that its expectant of a growing economy to have poor people among them citing India,Brazil and China as an example.
Anyway,whatever is the case I believe we can do/be better than this....we have been like this for decades and I refuse to accept its normal....it can be for other countries but that excuse is not acceptable here.
To whom it may concern,please do the needfull.
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