{"id":98676,"date":"2026-03-25T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=98676"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:16:00","slug":"the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/","title":{"rendered":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"xa39leo\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nA disheartened trader shares a stark reality, revealing the crushing poverty and hardship faced by Nigerians. The current situation contrasts sharply with the hopeful vision presented before, leaving citizens struggling with soaring costs and limited opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The trader expresses deep concern over the escalating poverty rate and the lack of progress in the nation&#8217;s economy. What was promised as a path to prosperity has, in their eyes, led to widespread suffering, particularly among the youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disheartened trader shares a stark reality, revealing the crushing poverty and hardship faced by Nigerians. The current situation contrasts sharply with the hopeful vision presented before, leaving citizens struggling with soaring costs and limited opportunities. The trader expresses deep concern over the escalating poverty rate and the lack of progress in the nation&#8217;s economy. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1076,37964],"tags":[691,8555,40531],"class_list":["post-98676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-video","tag-nigeria","tag-poverty-rate","tag-trader-laments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A disheartened trader shares a stark reality, revealing the crushing poverty and hardship faced by Nigerians. The current situation contrasts sharply with the hopeful vision presented before, leaving citizens struggling with soaring costs and limited opportunities. The trader expresses deep concern over the escalating poverty rate and the lack of progress in the nation&#8217;s economy. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1214\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":91,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/qw.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"poverty rate\",\"Trader laments\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Top Video\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/\",\"name\":\"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/qw.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/qw.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/qw.jpg\",\"width\":1214,\"height\":2160,\"caption\":\"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV","og_description":"A disheartened trader shares a stark reality, revealing the crushing poverty and hardship faced by Nigerians. The current situation contrasts sharply with the hopeful vision presented before, leaving citizens struggling with soaring costs and limited opportunities. The trader expresses deep concern over the escalating poverty rate and the lack of progress in the nation&#8217;s economy. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1214,"height":2160,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments","datePublished":"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/"},"wordCount":91,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria","poverty rate","Trader laments"],"articleSection":["News","Top Video"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/","name":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-25T14:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-21T12:16:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/03\/qw.jpg","width":1214,"height":2160,"caption":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/the-poverty-rate-in-nigeria-is-very-high-trader-laments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The poverty rate in Nigeria is very high: Trader laments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98679,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98676\/revisions\/98679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}