The Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (2022) is a frontline effort at creating an evidence-based, Data Demand and Use strategy for achieving the Presidential mandate of lifting 100 million out of poverty in a decade. Furthermore, as it relates to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 Agenda, ‘leave no one behind’, it shows the interlinkages of deprivations experienced by poor people: No Poverty (SDG 1); Zero Hunger (SDG 2); Health and Well-being (SDG 3); Quality Education (SDG 4); Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6); Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7); and Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11).

The MPI data in this report provide insightful information at national and state levels, placing at the disposal of actors and policymakers a tool to pinpoint levels of deprivations experienced by people up to senatorial districts, the kind of policy changes required for the reforms needed, and the need for State and private sector participation to move the needle with every targeted investment effort. The Nigeria MPI is thus positioned to play a pivotal role in the hands of discerning stakeholders: policymakers at various levels of government, academia, civil society and the public.