Former Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has come under heavy criticism from Nigerians on social media after sharing a graphic claiming that Nigeria now has the highest number of people living in extreme poverty globally.
Melaye had posted on his X handle an infographic titled “Number of People Living in Extreme Poverty by Country (1992–2026),” which ranked Nigeria at the top with 94.7 million people living in extreme poverty, ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo and India..See the video & full news here.


