Govs responsible for high poverty level — Minister
*Tasks them to tackle poverty, stop building flyovers, airports *Govs only functioning at state capitals, control lands, but not investing in agriculture THE Federal Government, has blamed the high level of poverty in the country on state governors, who it said pay more attention to building flyovers and airports, rather than improvement of life in the rural areas. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made the allegation while fielding questions from State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. On November 18, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index, MPI, Report said that 133 million (63 per cent) of Nigerians were suffering from multi-dimensional poverty, with children constituting more than half of poor people in the country. This means that two out of every three Nigerians...