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The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has said about 74 per cent of children in Jigawa State were multi-dimentionally poor.
The Chief of UNICEF Kano Field Office (KFO), comprising Kano, Katsina and Jigawa, Mr Rahma Farah, stated this at the launching of the state’s 2022 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) in Dutse on Thursday.
“Today we have gathered in Jigawa to launch the findings and results of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 6) for the Jigawa state.
“This MICS survey was carried out in 2021 and the results are released in Aug. 2022.
Farah said children in Nigerian faced severe multi-dimensional deprivations.
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The official added that in the Northwest of Nigeria, almost all states were having multi-dimensional poverty rates higher than the national average.
According to him, about 65 per cent of Northwest children are multi dimensionally poor.
