The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's resource wealth and its population's poverty is a failure of governance at the federal, state, and local level.
Hillary Clinton: “The most immediate source of the disconnect between Nigeria's resource wealth and its population's poverty is a failure…”
On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
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Clinton emphasizes governance failures as a key issue in Nigeria's poverty despite resource wealth.
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