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Nigeria: UN strategy to end world poverty-Millennium Project
Nigerias President Obasanjo applauds UN strategy to end world poverty at Millennium Project Forum
Abuja, Nigeria, 24 March, 2005Speaking during his countrys launch of the United Nations Millennium Projects Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals here today, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria said, 2005 offers us a great opportunity to make a difference. It is an opportunity to ensure a secure and prosperous world for all.
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According to the report, between 1990 and 2001, the number of Africans living on less than US$1 a day rose from 227 million to 313 million. And among the many obstacles hindering its advancement, the region suffers from the highest rates of undernourishment, lowest primary enrollment and most devastating HIV/AIDS incidence.
In Nigeria, Africas most populous country, the official poverty rate is 57.8 percent with 70 million people living on less than $1 a day. The country is also home to about 10 percent of the 40 million people worldwide living with HIV. (...)
find more: http://www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/releases/2005/march/pr24mar05.html
Abuja, Nigeria, 24 March, 2005Speaking during his countrys launch of the United Nations Millennium Projects Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals here today, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria said, 2005 offers us a great opportunity to make a difference. It is an opportunity to ensure a secure and prosperous world for all.
(...)
According to the report, between 1990 and 2001, the number of Africans living on less than US$1 a day rose from 227 million to 313 million. And among the many obstacles hindering its advancement, the region suffers from the highest rates of undernourishment, lowest primary enrollment and most devastating HIV/AIDS incidence.
In Nigeria, Africas most populous country, the official poverty rate is 57.8 percent with 70 million people living on less than $1 a day. The country is also home to about 10 percent of the 40 million people worldwide living with HIV. (...)
find more: http://www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/releases/2005/march/pr24mar05.html
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