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Hajia Zainab Ahmed, Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, has called for the adoption of a home-grown poverty ranking mechanism that would suit Nigeria.
At an interactive forum on statistical basis for targeting the poor and vulnerable in Abuja on Friday, Ahmed said that each yardstick for measurement has its peculiar challenges.
“Poverty ranking is not new across the world, different countries have adopted different methods to rank poverty and each has its own value as well as its own challenges.
“As a country, we must agree on which mechanism works better for us considering our peculiar circumstances.
“Today we shall be listening to the presentations that will highlight the different mechanisms of poverty ranking.
“We should also be looking at how to benchmark…
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