Thread by @Ekwulu

''How Peter Obi Reduced Poverty in Anambra State
I was in transit when I read Dr. Emeka Egoigwe’s post on quality of education in Anambra. I only clicked like. But what he did not include was that Obi used education to fight poverty.
Many economists default settings when it

comes to poverty reduction is by simply raising National income. However, Peter Obi embraced an integrated poverty strategy that goes beyond the National Income rise.
Often,many economists display ignorance of alternative approaches to poverty reduction. They downplay knowledge

management as an essential element for achieving poverty drop.
The reason the southern Nigerian poverty rate is not as bad as that of northern Nigeria is the level of knowledge.
This is why there is a slight comparison with the Unity School cut-off mark and poverty rate in

Nigeria. Most states with high cut of marks are not as poor as those with lower cut-off marks, reinforcing the nexus between poverty and education.
What did Peter Do? He simply used knowledge strengthening as a tool to
fight poverty. He equally recommended that to GEJ, after

which he agreed to release N200billion to ASUU; build schools for almajiris’; a policy the North fought against and reversed when Buhari emerged.
We must also acknowledge the fact that knowledge management worked in Anambra because it is affordable. The quality of primary and

secondary education you get in public schools in Anambra is equivalent to the best private schools in Enugu and Lagos State, a reflection of their consistency in remaining top in WEAC results in the last decade, and also a major factor private school businesses thrive abysmally

in Anambra State.
Another important factor working for the Igbos in ensuring the poverty level is not as high as that of the north, and remains better than the Yoruba Nation is not because Igbos are more educated than the South West. No! Yorubas are very educated people.

The only difference is that we used the apprenticeship system to address the poverty level of the uneducated. So the Igbo society enjoys a hybrid (knowledge management and apprenticeship) system of poverty reduction.
To end poverty in Nigeria, investment in knowledge management

and quality education are avenues to embrace because of its ability to drop the poverty rate in Nigeria. Not raising national income. Not spending billions to fight insurgency.
Give one with a lack of education billions, he or she would squander it on luxury lifestyles.

It is lack of knowledge that makes one to travel to the UK for medical trip when whatever hospital in the UK managing that medical condition can be built within one year in Abuja. Give one with knowledge billions, he or she would manage the wealth efficiently and create more

jobs.
Knowledge management is key in the fight against poverty!''
-J Duke Anago,PhD.