THE 10 poorest states in Nigeria owe local and foreign creditors about N1.18tn, according to PUNCH.
While the data for the poorest state was acquired from the National Bureau of Statistics, the debt data was obtained from the Debt Management Office.
The NBS, in its National Multidimensional Poverty Index report, disclosed that 133 million Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor.
The NBS said 63 per cent of Nigerians were poor due to a lack of access to health, education, living standards, employment, and security.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index offered a multivariate form of poverty assessment, identifying deprivations across health, education, living standards, work, and shocks.
The report presented the level of poverty in each state of the country.
The NBS report showed Sokoto, Bayelsa, Gombe, Jigawa, and Plateau were the top five poorest states in 2022.
These states were followed by Yobe, Kebbi, Taraba. Ebonyi, and Zamfara.
