{"id":98266,"date":"2021-10-26T14:09:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=98266"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:09:18","slug":"nigerias-per-capita-income-at-same-level-as-40-years-ago-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/26\/nigerias-per-capita-income-at-same-level-as-40-years-ago-world-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s per capita income at same level as 40 years ago &#8211; World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Country director for Nigeria in World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri has disclosed that the country&#8217;s per capita income is at the same level as 1981.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed on Monday during<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a panel session at the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#27).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chaudhuri<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0said the country needs to make strategic decisions to set it on the path to realising its potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The summit is themed \u2018Securing Our Future: The Fierce Urgency of Now\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Per capita income (PCI) measures the average income earned per person in a given country in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the country\u2019s total income by its total population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 1981, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/25\/world-bank-18-nigerian-companies-persons-blacklisted-for-corruption-full-list\/\">World Bank<\/a> data, Nigeria\u2019s PCI was $2,180.2 and $2,097 in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cNigeria today has real per capita income that was the same as 40 years \u2014 in 1981. This means someone whose growth has been stunted,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI heard the honourable minister talking about the medium term development plan, which has all the right ingredients. It will take time to get (the country) back to its full potential \u2014 it can\u2019t happen overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cBut our sense is that Nigeria is at a point in time where some critical decisions need to be made. It\u2019s almost like the immediate treatment to halt further decline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He described Nigeria as an individual with the potential to become a star athlete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Chaudhuri, about 3 million Nigerians come of working age yearly, but surveys have shown that they aspire to go abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI think the urgency of doing something now is because the time is going in terms of retaining the hope of young Nigerians in the future and potential of Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chaudhuri advised Nigeria to channel spending on petrol subsidy to infrastructure, education and health care services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country director for Nigeria in World Bank, Shubham Chaudhuri has disclosed that the country&#8217;s per capita income is at the same level as 1981. 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