Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, has urged presidential candidates in the 2023 election to place a high priority on improving the quality of life and entrepreneurial potential of citizens. 

Onigbinde said this on Friday while discussing the 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

The National Bureau of Statistics, on Thursday, released the survey which indicated that 130 million Nigerians are poor, representing 63 per cent of the nation’s population..

According to the document, the poverty index is mostly experienced in rural areas, especially in the North with women and children being the most affected.