Poverty

Poverty is the inability to provide for one’s basic needs of life such as food, clothing, shelter and education.

Causes of poverty

a.      The primary cause of poverty is laziness.

b.      When someone has a very large family size and also takes care of the extended family, he/she is likely to be poor unless he has a lot of means of making money.

c.       People in a society where there is a low level of education, poor economy and high level of illiteracy will be poor.

d.      Where natural resources are few and where people do not develop the available ones.

Consequences of poverty

a.      Poor people do not have the means to give adequate education to their children. This could lead to a great loss to the society.

b.      Where there is poverty, the quality of life must also be poor.

Control or alleviation measures of poverty

a.      Government should establish agencies to train people on skilled acquisition.

b.      Government should make space for those still in school to acquire basic skills.

Government should encourage people to work hard on the jobs they know.