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Temitope J. Laniran, Institute of Development Studies (IDS); Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law (CPEEL) and John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies (JEFCAS), University of Bradford

Nigeria will have to dig deep to overcome entrenched patterns of poverty

People loot bags of food from a COVID-19 palliative warehouse in Nigeria. Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

India has just recently overtaken Nigeria as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty.

It’s estimated that almost half of Nigeria’s population of about 200 million lives below the threshold of US$1.90 (792 Naira) daily.

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