Reduced Inequality
Reduced inequality aims at reducing inequality within and among countries.
This SDG 10 calls for reducing inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion, or economic or other status within a country.
Nigeria scored 35.1 in the 2022 Gini coefficient on countries with wealth inequality. With this score, Nigeria is 11th in West Africa and 100th out of 163 countries globally.
Poverty and inequality in Nigeria are not due to a lack of resources but to the ill-use, misallocation, and misappropriation of such resources. At the root, there is a culture of corruption and rent-seeking combined with a political elite out of touch with the daily struggles of average Nigerians.
ROE has been playing a key role in the reduction of inequality by collaborating with stakeholders in championing connectivity in remote and isolated areas, encouraging remote participation in democratic processes, reliable access to information, and equal opportunities which continue within the country.