poverty
The National Coordinator, Nigeria Living Standard Survey (NLSS), Tunde Adebisi, has said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will spend $3.5 million in carrying out the living standard survey.
Adebisi told newsmen yesterday in Keffi, that the grant by the World Bank would be disbursed to the NBS through the National social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO).
According to him, the first trench of the disbursement has already been done and the field work for the project would commence on Sept. 27. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NLSS aims to measure the level of poverty and welfare of citizens at the national and sub-national levels of government.
The survey when completed would inform government in addressing the impact of its policies and…
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