The Poorest state in Nigeria is Sokoto, NBS
Sokoto State has been listed on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as the poorest state in Nigeria.
This information also include Katsina, 74.5 per cent; Adamawa, 74.2 per cent; Gombe, 74.2 per cent; Jigawa, 74.1 per cent; Plateau, 74.1 per cent; Ebonyi, 73.6 per cent; Bauchi, 73 per cent; Kebbi, 72 per cent and Zamfara, 70.8 per cent.
Sokoto is poorest state in Nigeria
The state with the lowest poverty rate was Niger with 33.8 per cent, followed by Osun with 37.9 per cent and Ondo with 45.7 per cent. Others include Bayelsa State with 47 per cent and Lagos State, 48.6 per cent.
The average poverty rate of the states in the North-west geopolitical zone remained the highest at 71.4 per cent followed by North-east 69.1 per cent and North-central, 60.7 per cent.
Sokoto is a city located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2006 it has a population of 427,760. Sokoto is the modern day capital of Sokoto State (and its predecessor, the Northwestern State) – Wikipedia
These are statistics to show the level of Poverty in Nations of the World.
