The article closely examines the concept and meaning of poverty, being inclusive though not
restricted to income poverty, but embracing the wider construct of human poverty, finding …

This work ventilates the problem of poverty in Nigeria, where over 70 percent of the
population is living below the poverty line, and the theoretical and practcal implications of …

Poverty is by all standards a condition of deprivation that impedes human development.
Given Nigeria's vast resource base, she ordinarily should have no business with poverty. In …

Poverty is not new. It is not a recent affliction of humankind. It has always been with us. In
that regard, I have argued elsewhere that of all the social phenomena that have a significant …

This paper examines the issue of poverty in Nigeria, its causes, previous attempts made by
past and present administrations aimed at taming the monster coupled with the way forward …

One of the critical concerns in Nigeria is how to alleviate poverty in the country. The general
prevalence of poverty in Nigeria is paradoxical because the country is one of the biggest oil …

Poverty is a negative term, ordinarily denoting an absence, or lack, of mate‑-rial wealth. The
term is used to describe situation of insufficiency, either in the possession of wealth or in the …

The rising profile of poverty in Nigeria is assuming an alarming and worrisome dimension.
Nigeria, a Sub-Saharan African country has at least half of its population in abject poverty. It …