Nigeria: $15 per person per month

Chippla writes that even if corruption was to be eliminated in Nigeria, poverty would still exist. He calculates Nigeria's finances and comes up with…”the total amount received by all tiers of government in Nigeria for the month of October 2005 comes to a mere $15 per person. Sounds like a very poor nation despite its so-called oil wealth!”

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