Hunger in Nigeria now national emergency – Peter Obi cries out

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has decried the level of hunger successful the country, describing it arsenic a nationalist emergency.

In a station connected his verified X relationship connected Friday, Obi said hunger had go a nationalist exigency successful Nigeria.

His remarks came arsenic the satellite marked World Food Day. He said Nigerians were confronting a achy world successful which hunger, poorness and insecurity continued to impact millions of families crossed the country.

According to him, Nigeria is present 1 of the hungriest countries successful the world, ranking 117th retired of 125 countries, down from 109th retired of 125 successful 2023, erstwhile the existent medication came into office.

The erstwhile Anambra State politician added that the concern was peculiarly troubling due to the fact that Nigeria has immense areas of arable, fertile land. He lamented that astir 60 per cent remained uncultivated, providing wood hideouts for violent organisations and different non-state actors.

“What became wide to maine is that hunger successful the state indispensable beryllium declared a nationalist emergency. On World Food Day, the connection is clear: Nigerians merit a state wherever nary household go...