Managing social inequality risk in Lagos state: the role of zakat ngos

• Main Authors: Olalekan Yusuf, Tajudeen, Busari, Saheed Abdullahi, Ismail Olohunfunmi, Abdulfatai, Simisola Fa-Yusuf, Habeebah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: USIM Press 2021
• Subjects: BPH Islamic Economics; BPH104 Islam and poverty; HJ1438 Public Finance In Islam
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/91010/13/91010_Managing%20social%20inequality%20risk%20in%20Lagos%20state.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/91010/; https://jmifr.usim.edu.my/index.php/jmifr

Several socio-economic policies initiated by various governments in Nigeria have failed to curb the evil effects of social inequality risks (SIR). Lagos State being the country's commercial capital city, is worse hit by virtue of its huge population. Zakat, the third pillar of Islam, is ord...