Nigeria has been ranked the 95th happiest nation of the
world and sixth in Africa in the 2017 World Happiness Report.
It was reports that the ranking
assessed 155 countries by their happiness levels.
It was released on Monday by the Sustainable Development
Solutions Network (SDSN) as part of the UN World Happiness Day — March 20.
According to the report, Nigeria advanced from 103 position
in the world and maintained its stand as the sixth happiest country in Africa
as indicated by 2016 happiness ranking.
Nigeria’s position showed that in spite of its current
economic recession and security challenges, its citizens remained happy.
Algeria maintained its lead as the happiest country in
Africa, followed by Mauritius, while crisis-torn Libya is surprisingly ranked
third ahead of Morocco.
The report also indicated that Somalia, another crisis-torn
nation, is Africa’s 5th happiest country ahead of Nigeria and South Africa
which ranked 7th.
Tunisia is placed at number eight; Egypt stands at nine and
Sierra Leone in the 10th position.
At the bottom 10 are Republic of Benin, Madagascar, South
Sudan, Liberia, Guinea, Togo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and the most unhappy,
Central African Republic.
On the global stage, Norway has trumped Denmark as the
world’s happiest country in a report that calls on nations to build social
trust and equality to improve wellbeing.
Source:Premium Times Ng
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