Urban poverty in Nigeria and approaches to poverty alleviation: A review

Abstract

The menace of urban poverty though global is most devastating in Africa especially Nigeria. Human
conditions have greatly deteriorated particularly during the last decade with real disposable income
declining steeply, malnutrition rates have risen sharply, and food production has hardly kept pace with
population growth and the quantity and quality of health and education services deteriorating. This
present trend of socioeconomic conditions needs to be redressed as this 21st century begins. This
paper will review urban poverty and approaches to poverty alleviation due to its multidimensional
nature.