Buhari Reveals People Holding Nigeria’s Wealth

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that significant proportion of Nigeria’s prosperity today is concentrated in the hands of a few people.

President Buhari who made the disclosure in Monday, October 7, said those few people are currently living primarily in four or five states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The president stated this at the opening session of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit held in Abuja.

He said while only five states had most of the wealthy people, the remaining 31 states have about 150 million people waiting for better opportunities to thrive.

He added that the prosperous society is one where the majority of its citizens have an acceptable standard of living and a decent quality of life.

He said his administration understood the need for Nigerians to have a better lifestyle adding that this was why measures have been put in place to reduce the level of unemployment and poverty.

According to him. ‘‘Today, many mistake prosperity with wealth. They are not necessarily the same.

‘‘Experts and analysts explain economic trends by making references to indicators of wealth.

‘‘Wealth, however, in its simplistic form, is money or other assets. In recent years, global events have shown that when a society and its leaders are driven and motivated by these alone, the ultimate outcome is a divided state of severe inequalities.,”