Eid-el-Fitr: Nigeria remains poverty capital of the world – ACF

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has noted with interest that Nigeria, and particularly the Northern portion retains the unenviable presumption of “poverty superior of the world”, wherever surviving challenges person go entrenched.

While congratulating the Nigerian and worldwide Muslim Ummah arsenic they observe the 1447AH Eid-il-Fitr, the forum noted that generalised dire economical hardships person belied authoritative claims astir conditions getting better, adding that multidimensional poorness and associated forms of socioeconomic and governmental deprivations person remained the batch of an overwhelming proportionality of citizens.

The forum said the year’s Holy Month, an different a play of fervent worship, spiritual reflections, sacrifice and benevolent gestures to chap humans, has been observed amid existential challenges and downward spiral successful surviving conditions.

A connection issued by the forum’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Muhammad-Baba said, “All 3 geo-political regions successful the North look daunting, arsenic if to awesome an inexorable descent into dystopia. The Northcentral portion has been nether siege arsenic equipped non-state actors proceed to disturb the bid of the radical successful Benue, Niger, Plateau, Kogi and Kwara states. States successful ...