133 million Nigerians live in poverty - FG The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that 133 million people living in Nigeria are wallowing in poverty. According to the figure presented during the launch of Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey in Abuja on Thursday, out of the 65 percent of the poor, 86 million people live in the North, while 35 percent, nearly 47 million live in the South. The survey was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO), the United Nations Development...