The federal government on Wednesday blamed state governors for the rising rate of poverty across the country.
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, attributed the poverty rate to governors’ misplaced priority while briefing State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Mr Agba blamed the governors for prioritising the construction of infrastructure such as bridges and airports in cities rather than improving the lives of the people in rural communities.
The minister explained that 72 per cent of the nation’s poor reside in rural communities but the governors have abandoned them to expend state resources on the capital cities.
“The governors are basically functioning in their state capitals. And democracy that we preach about is delivering the greatest goods to the greatest number of people. And from our demography, it shows that the greatest number of our people live in…
