Kebbi Govt slams Malami over UNDP poverty report claim
The government faulted the ADC guber candidate’s use of a UNDP poverty report to criticise the APC-led administration in the state. The post Kebbi Govt slams Malami over UNDP poverty report claim appeared first on…
Abubakar Malami, a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has emerged as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Kebbi State, positioning himself as a challenger to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the state's next election cycle. The UNDP, through its Human Development Reports and related studies, periodically publishes poverty and development indices for Nigerian states, data that opposition politicians frequently cite to highlight perceived governance failures by incumbent administrations.
The dispute centres on how such international poverty data should be interpreted and used in local political contestation. The Kebbi State Government, defending the record of the APC-led administration, contends that Malami's reference to the UNDP findings misrepresents or politicises the report to score points against the state's leadership. The coverage across outlets is consistent in outlining the government's position, though none of the reports detail the specific figures in the UNDP report, Malami's original remarks, or his response to the government's accusation.