Nigeria Don Get Di Second Highest Number Of Poor People For Di Whole World, Former Statistician-General Yemi Kale Talk.

Former Statistician-General for National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Yemi Kale, talk say about 89 million Nigerians, wey be 40 percent of di people, dey live under poverty line. Kale, wey now be group chief economist and managing director for research and trade intelligence at Afreximbank, talk dis one for Di Platform Nigeria Independence Day event wey theme be Rebuilding Our Nation. E describe Nigeria as di country wey get second highest number of poor people for di world, na only India get pass am. To understand how big dis number be, Kale talk say less than 20 countries for di world get population wey pass Nigeria poor people alone. Di world get 195 recognised countries. E warn say dis kain situation dey get worse and fit spoil di whole promise of independence, wey suppose make every Nigerian get chance to succeed for dia own country.

According to am, plenty of di wahala come from bad government policies and plenty time wey dem waste before dem start reforms. E talk say some important changes wey finally dey happen now, suppose don start more than ten years ago when warning signs show. If dem start early, e for help reduce di bad effects for families and business, and e for save di economy from many years of money wahala and price increase. But instead, bad monetary and exchange rate policies still dey, wey make investors lose confidence and stop to put money for Nigeria. Kale talk say di reforms wey dem dey do now dey pain people but e insist say dem necessary. No real better choice dey, e talk. E talk say to do di reforms steady and with integrity na di only way to turn Nigeria potential into real better life wey everybody fit enjoy, not just statistics and talk. Di wahala be say di reforms suppose dey smooth, humane, and well-planned, but for Nigeria, many times dem no do am well or dem just skip am, and na im cause wahala wey fit avoid. E finish by talk say government no suppose run comot from reforms but dem gats keep am going, while quickly make social protection better, to make sure say di change good for economy and for people life.