According to the Economist magazine, Nigeria with a GDP of $509 billion is now has the largest economy in Africa, passing South Africa for the fist time with their GDP of $354 billion.
The bad news though is that because of endemic corruption, over 70% of the 170 million population there live below the poverty line, a large number barely existing in a country awash with oil, with an income of US$1.00 per day.
Jamaica is following a similar line and for the same reason, for we have more resources than every other island in the English speaking Caribbean, yet have the lowest per capita income and with a population of 2.7 million, we were recently told that some 1.1 millions are now living below the poverty line. This was the result of a finding by American Counselling Association and the Association of Adventist Family Life Professional Dr. Alanzo Smith.
The bad news though is that because of endemic corruption, over 70% of the 170 million population there live below the poverty line, a large number barely existing in a country awash with oil, with an income of US$1.00 per day.
Jamaica is following a similar line and for the same reason, for we have more resources than every other island in the English speaking Caribbean, yet have the lowest per capita income and with a population of 2.7 million, we were recently told that some 1.1 millions are now living below the poverty line. This was the result of a finding by American Counselling Association and the Association of Adventist Family Life Professional Dr. Alanzo Smith.
I wonder if the general population here will ever learn to stop accepting corruption as the normal way of life?
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