Abstract:
Poverty is one of the serious problems confronting developing countries, Nigeria inclusive.
Poverty literarily is a condition of being poor, lack of something or quality. It is a multidimensional
conditions manifesting in different aspects of human life physically, morally and
psychologically. According to World Bank ( 1996) poverty is a condition in which individuals
are unable to meet "basic needs" (physical; (food, health care, education, shelter. and nonphysical;
participation, identity,) requirements for a meaningful life. Anger (2010) sees poverty
as a human underdevelopment, socio-political isolation, ill-health, absence of functional
capability, vulnerability, unsustainable livelihood, absence of basic needs and relative deprivation.
