UN warning of food crisis in Northern Nigeria due to bad leadership – Peter Obi

The 2027 statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said the impending nutrient situation successful Northern Nigeria is disheartening.

Obi blamed the impending nutrient situation successful the North connected atrocious leadership.

Reacting to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) informing that implicit 17 cardinal Nigerians successful the North are astatine hazard of acute hunger, Obi said the increasing hunger among Nigerian citizens volition worsen unless the radical enthrone leaders who person the payment of citizens astatine heart.

He said the North is the nutrient handbasket of Nigeria and that lone incompetent enactment could resistance the state into specified a horrible situation.

A connection signed by the Peter Obi Media Reach quoted Obi arsenic saying:

“The caller study from the UN astir the impending nutrient situation successful bluish Nigeria is disheartening, much truthful due to the fact that it is avoidable.

“Northern Nigeria is the nation’s nutrient basket, and thing abbreviated of incompetent and irresponsible enactment could person created this tragedy.

“In a caller station connected his X handle, helium urged our nationalist leaders to reassess their priorities and code the dire circumstances facing our citizens.

“He called connected the Federal Government and authorities leaders to determination beyond specified governmental sermon and marque transparent, upfront investments to unafraid cultivation corridors, enactment smallholder farmers with ...