250 Million Nigerians Will Fall Into Poverty If FG ‘Fails To Act’ – United Nations Warns

The United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that 250 million Nigerians will fall into poverty if the Federal Government of Nigeria fails to act.

UNFPA Warns Against Poverty In Nigerians

UNFPA Country Representative, Ms Ulla Mueller, who spoke on Monday in Abuja at a parliamentary summit to fast-track Nigeria’s demographic transition, said there could be 250 million poor Nigerians in the coming years if the government fails to invest in healthcare and education.

She said: “The imperative we have is to take actions now, in a world of 8 billion people, in a country that in a very few years will be the third most populous in the world, there could be 250 million people that could feel sense of opportunities and possibilities, but with the wrong investment, there could be 250 million people living in increased poverty and increased insecurity. 

“We have to record this. To do that without family planning, there’ll be no universal health and demographic transition.”

This comes a few weeks after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that 133 million Nigerians are living in poverty under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.