Nigeria is in for harsher times as United Nations reveals damning details about how a larger number of the people are suffering.
A new United Nation report has revealed that Nigeria is in serious crisis and must be tackled or it will get out of hand. According to the report, the country has been deeply divided along ethnic, religious and regional lines.
The report further noted that the most of the development and social indices in the country were below acceptable standards.
The report read during a consultative meeting on the formulation of the UN Development Assistance Framework IV for the South-East zone, in Awka, Anambra State reads: “Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa and the seventh most populous in the world. Her population will be approximately 200 million by 2019 and over 400 million by 2050, becoming one of the top five populous countries in the world.
“Nigeria is one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world, with over 80 million or 64 per cent of her population living below poverty line.”