RATE OF POOR PEOPLE IN NIGERIA ACCORDING TO GEOPOLITICAL ZONE

Açcording to the research and survey by different perspective in Nigeria analysis and statistical the result show that north west has the highest number of poor citizen in the country with total population of 45.5 million people which is shown in the chart appear at the upper cardinal point of the map

The north east part of the country is the second highest region with the poor people with a total number of 20.5million

The third highest with huge number of poor people is the north Central zone with 19.7 million

The fourth highest zone with huge number of poor people is the south west with 16.3 million

The fifth zone with highest number of poor people is the south east with 10.9 million

The six highest zone with highest number of poor people is the south east with

The statistics will help the government on how to alleviate poverty by organizing different poverty alleviation programmes to curtail the menance of poverty in Nigeria.

Also it shows that 106 million are living in the rural settlement and 27 million people living in the urban settlement there is need for the government to put more effort in the rural development .