Presidential poll: Assailants attack Atiku, PDP witnesses on way to tribunal
Tribunal adjourns abruptly till Monday
Andrew Orolua, Abuja
Some Atiku and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) witnesses were on Friday attacked by unknown gunmen on their way to the Presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja.
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The incident led to an abrupt adjournment of the tribunal sitting till Monday by the presiding Justice Mohammed Garba who noted at 1 pm when the tribunal was informed about the development that the tribunal ought Continued on page 3
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Says income alone cannot be used to classify rich and poor people
Bonaventure Melah Poverty has continued to ravage Nigeria with the number of poor citizens rising to a colossal 98 million, out of an estimated 180 million population. The Daily Times is with a copy of a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) which states that the fearful figure is in spite of outdated data which made it difficult to track all the affected people across the country. The UNDP report also indicated that the number of poor Nigerians have increased from 86 million to 98 million in the past 10 years. According to the report, income alone cannot be used to classify rich and poor people,
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noting that “the traditional concept of poverty is outdated”. The UNDP then stated that from the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), there are disparities in how people experience poverty, revealing vast inequalities among countries and among the poor themselves. The report indicated that in Nigeria, the proportion of people who are multidimensionally poor has remained constant at just over 50 percent over the past decade (up to 2017) while the actual number of people who are multi-dimensionally poor at 98 million over the same period. The report noted that when compared to the national poverty line which measures income/ consumption, 51 percent of Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor than 46 percent of CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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