The Federal Government says results of the Nigeria’s Multidimensional Poverty Index MPI report will be used as a policy tool for targeted resource allocation.
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, said this at the inauguration of the 2022 MPI Report in Abuja, organised by the National Bureau of Statistics.
Agba said the sub-national MPI, which was conducted across the 109 editorial districts, was aimed at investigating why there was a disconnect between available social welfare opportunities and its uptake.
The minister said the official flag-off of the survey took place in August 2021, with the first sub-national MPI survey being completed in February 2022.
He said the survey revealed how poverty levels across the states varied significantly, with the incidence of multidimensional poverty ranging from as low as 27 per cent in Ondo to as high as 91 per cent in Sokoto.
