Zubie Okolo made this statement during a briefing ​in Enugu ​State on Saturday, February 3, while unveiling the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to newsmen​.

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Daily Post reports that, among the South East states​,​ Imo has the highest figure which is 75.9%.

Imo is closely followed by Anambra who ranks at 66.0% and 57.6% for Enugu while Abia and Ebonyi states have 53.5% and 27.5% respectively.

Zubie Okolo explained that  Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was carried out in 2016/2017 by the National Bureau of Statistics ​(NBS) ​in collaboration with UNICEF and is being used to assist the government in policy formulation.