Nigerians Remain Happy Amidst Economic and Security Challenges

Nigerians have moved up on the World happiness index, ranking 91 by four steps from the previous ranking of 95. The index has shown that Nigerians are top on the list of happiest people living in the world today.
Equally, NOIPolls latest Personal Wellbeing Index (PWBI) has proved that Nigerians remained happy even in the face of economic hardship and security challenges being faced daily.
According to its latest PWBI Q4 2018, NOIPolls said there was a marginal decline in the PWBI of Nigerians.
It said the index showed that the personal wellbeing index of Nigerians stands at 61.5-points in the last quarter of last year compared with 62.89 points in the third quarter of 2018.
"Nevertheless, it is worthy of note that amidst the low satisfaction of Nigerians on their economic situation and standard of living, some of the key factors which are pivotal in determining the level of happiness continue to remain above average as revealed by the poll."
These key components, NOI noted include Religion (88.37- points), Social Interaction (75.9-points), Physical Health (73.5-points) and Personal security (57.9-points).
Nigerians, it said have continued to be happy people despite the seeming economic, security and other social challenges they experience on a day to day basis.
"Furthermore, social interaction which provides an overall feeling of connectivity to society is one of the indices that Nigerians keep averaging high points in the PWBI findings.
This contributes to the happiness of Nigerians alongside their personal health; without which isolation, decreased self-esteem and shorter lifespan may be prevalent.
The United Nations (UN) celebrates the International Day of Happiness as a way of recognising the essence and importance of happiness in the lives of people around the world; which seem to elude a large number of persons living in the world today due to the seeming hardship experienced by people. In a bid to promote overall Happiness of people around the world and to ensure the general wellbeing of individuals, the UN came up with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals which seek to end poverty, reduce inequality and protect our planet which are major factors that lead to well-being and happiness.
The global body uses factors like GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption in order to rank countries.