POVERTY IN NIGERIA AS A PRIMA FACIE OF RULE NONCOMPLIANCE

SAIDU SULAIMAN

Abstract


Poverty remains a flashpoint in development affairs of today’s world. The paper examines material poverty adopting a deductive approach and focusing on the Nigerian context. Combining scriptural reasoning, formal logic and real world experiences, the author suggests that material poverty is at first glance akin to rule noncompliance. The paper is thus sermonic as its objective is to sensitize the Nigerian public and ultimately humanity to the consequences of noncompliance to divine rules.

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