Nigeria remains poverty capital amid escalating security challenges
Nigeria retains status as world's poverty capital according to Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), with entrenched multidimensional poverty and security crises across Northern regions. ACF highlights escalating armed banditry in Northwest, insurgency threats in Northeast, and state sieges in Northcentral states like Benue and Plateau. The forum attributes worsening conditions to governance failures and extra-judicial tactics, urging political restraint ahead of 2027 elections. ACF calls for security reinforcement and policy reforms to address systemic deprivation.
SOURCE: https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/20/eid-el-fitr-nigeria-remains-poverty-capital-of-the-world-acf/