THIS IS WHAT NIGERIA WILL LOOK LIKE IN 2050 - EXPERTS
The annual report of the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation,
titled the Goalkeepers report has revealed that
Nigeria will have the world’s poorest people by 2050.
According to the website of the
foundation, The GoalKeepers Report takes a detailed look at the progress being
made around the globe. This year, both the event and the report will focus on
youth population growth that will affect future world progress.
The report revealed that while “more
than a billion people have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty worldwide,
extreme poverty is becoming heavily concentrated in sub-Saharan African
countries. By 2050, that’s where 86 per cent of the extremely poor people in
the world are projected to live.”
It added: “One of the obstacles the
continent faces is rapid population growth. Africa as a whole is projected to
nearly double in size by 2050, which means that even if the percentage of poor
people on the continent is cut in half, the number of poor people stays the
same.
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