No fewer than 133.1 Nigerians would face a global hunger crisis in 2025 according to the Cadre Harmonisé report on food and nutrition insecurity analysis .
The Food and Agriculture
Organization, FAO, in a statement said the report was prepared by the federal
government and supported by partners, such as the World Food Programme, WFP,
and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, among others.
The statement read: “The food
and nutrition insecurity analysis, Cadre Harmonisé, led by the government of
Nigeria and supported by partners, alerts on the deterioration of food security
in Nigeria, with 133.1 million people expected to face high levels of food
insecurity in the next lean season (June-August).
“It is an alarming seven
million people increase from the same period last year, driven by economic
hardship, coupled with record high inflation, impacts of climate change and
persistent violence in the northeastern states.
“Nationally, the number of
people experiencing emergency levels (Phase 4) of food insecurity is projected
to increase. While no populations have been classified as catastrophe (Phase
5), populations experiencing emergency (Phase 4) are anticipated to increase
from 1 million people in the peak of the 2024 lean season to 1.8 million people
at the same period in 2025, representing an 80 per cent increase.
“Approximately 5.4 million
children and nearly 800,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are at risk of
acute malnutrition or wasting from six of the most affected states of Borno,
Adamawa, and Yobe in the northeast, as well as Sokoto, Katsina and Zamfara in
the northwest.
”Of these, an alarming 1.8
million children could face severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and require
critical nutrition treatment.
“Drivers of food security in
Nigeria grapple with several factors that continue to exacerbate the food
insecurity situation, namely economic hardship, coupled with record high
inflation (which reached 40.9 per cent for food, and 34.2 per cent for all
items in June 2024).”
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