His Excellency Dr. Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto (FCNA), The Executive Governor of Sokoto State, has approved the conduct of a Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey, scheduled to take place across the State from 19th June through 9th July 2025. The survey will be conducted in collaboration with Redwire Marketing Consulting, as part of a strategic partnership to generate reliable and actionable data. This initiative will focus on critical areas such as education, healthcare, employment, standard of living, and access to essential services, providing key insights into poverty and inequality across the state.

The survey aligns with the Governor’s 9-Point Smart Agenda, directly supporting key priorities including security, economic development, education, healthcare, and youth empowerment. This will provide crucial insights into the root causes of deprivation at the household level and serve as a foundation for more targeted, evidence-based policies.

This initiative forms part of a broader push in the reform agenda of the State Bureau of Statistics instituted by Dr Abubakar Mohammed Zayyana, Commissioner of Budget and Economic Planning. The State Statistician General, Alh. Abdullahi Abdulrahman Shagari highlighted “the Bureau has been repositioned to deliver timely, relevant, and actionable statistics—such as those expected from the MPI Survey—to guide inclusive policy development and socioeconomic intervention in a push to transform how data is collected, analyzed, and applied to address real challenges faced by the people of Sokoto State.”