Nigeria ranked poverty capital of the world
By TVC News Nigeria
10 November 2019 |
11:38 am
According to the world poverty clock, 6 people fall into extreme poverty every minute. In spite of different Social Intervention Programmes initiated by the FG, Nigeria is still ranked the poverty capital of the world.
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