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Nigeria, with the biggest economy in Africa is yet to make a breakthrough in the malnutrition problem facing millions of its citizens, especially children. [4] In Nigeria, the situation of malnutrition is very appalling. In the world, Nigeria is the second highest burden of stunted children with a national prevalence rate of 32 percent of ...
Child labour is pervasive in every state of the country. [1] In 2006, the number of child workers was estimated at 15 million. [2] [3] Poverty is a major factor that drives child labour in Nigeria. In poor families, child labour is a major source of income for the family. [2] About 6 million of Nigeria's children do not go to school at all.
Spatial inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income and resources across geographical regions. [1] Attributable to local differences in infrastructure, [2] geographical features (presence of mountains, coastlines, particular climates, etc.) and economies of agglomeration, [3] such inequality remains central to public policy discussions regarding economic inequality more broadly.
Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them ...
Child labour is pervasive in every state of the country. [153] In 2006, the number of child workers was estimated at 15 million. [154] [155] Poverty is a major factor that drives child labour in Nigeria. In poor families, child labour is a major source of income for the family. [154] About 6 million of Nigeria's children do not go to school at all.
Income inequality generally reduces government net lending/borrowing for all the countries. Economic growth, they find, leads to an increase of income inequality in the case of the UK and to the decline of inequality in the cases of the US and Canada. At the same time, economic growth improves government net lending/borrowing in all the countries.
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The household income is a socio-economic variable that influences the access to nutritious food and the probability of under and overnutrition in a community. [79] In the study by Ghattas et al. (2020), the probability of overnutrition is significantly higher in higher-income families than in disadvantaged families. [ 21 ]