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Photo: Moshood Raimi/OxfamThis report was written and coordinated by Emmanuel Mayah, an investigative journalist and the Director Reporters 360, Chiara Mariotti (PhD), inequality Policy Manager, Evelyn Mere, who is Associate Country Director Oxfam in nigeria and Celestine Okwudili Odo, Programme Coordinator Governance, Oxfam in NigeriaSeveral Oxfam colleagues gave valuable input and support to the finalisation of this report, and therefore deserve special mention. They include: Deborah Hardoon, Nick Galasso, Paul Groenewegen, Ilse Balstra, Henry Ushie, Chioma Ukwuagu, Safiya Akau, Max Lawson, Head of inequality Policy Oxfam International, and Jonathan Mazliah.
Income inequality, as measured by the Gini Index, grew from 40% in 2003 to 43% in 2009.9 Regional inequality is high in Nigeria, and it translates into higher rates of poverty in the north-western states of the country. For example, in Sokoto State, 81% of the population is poor, while poverty incidence is much lower, at 34%, in Niger.
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