Poverty and material deprivation has remained for a long time a subject of major
concern of many governmental and non-governmental organizations in both the
developed and developing nations. This study examined the measurement of poverty in Ekiti State, Nigeria using the data generated from the primary sources. The study employed the composite methods of measuring poverty i.e Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (FGT) and the Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)to assess the level of poverty in Ekiti State. The FGT measures the depth of poverty (Poverty gap), incidence of poverty (Headcount index), and the intensity or severity of poverty from the poverty line. The MPI assesses the simultaneous or “joint” deprivations poor people or households experience into a set of indicators. A total of 1,110 households from the sixteen local government areas were sampled. The result indicatesthat the level of poverty is high in Ekiti State. It also revealed that the likelihood of poverty increases with low level of education, unemployment, large family size, 58-65 yrs of age while it decreases with polygamous marriage, male gender, wage employment, higher levels of education, and a higher average monthly income. This study therefore recommends that government should try to create more employment opportunities for the people by encouraging local production of goods and services which will revive many industries.                                                 In addition, Nigeria government should design and implement policies like enlightening the households on the importance of modern family planning, and sensitizing them on the better choice of having smaller families. This will allow for a manageable number of household size and curtail the sporadic growth of the population thereby reducing poverty.