The Sokoto State Government has faulted the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report that ranked the state as having the highest poverty rate in the country, describing the bureau’s methodology as insufficient.
The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Development, Dr. Abubakar Muhammad Zayyanu, stated this while addressing journalists at a one-day workshop organized in collaboration with UNICEF, the European Union (EU), and other development partners in Sokoto.
The commissioner noted that the NBS survey was conducted in 2022 and argued that it does not reflect the current realities in the state.
“I raised this issue in Lagos and queried the NBS for conducting that particular survey,” Zayyanu said. “The methodology used was not sufficient to make general findings on the poverty level in Sokoto . . Continue..Reading. .
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