About 25.3 million people will face food insecurity across Nigeria between June and August 2023, according to the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO).
The FAO, in an issued statement, warned that if actions are not taken to avert the crisis, 4.4 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States will be affected.
The UN food agency, in its October 2022 food and nutrition analysis said about 17 million people in the country were already facing a food crisis.
These include internally-displaced persons, (IDPs) and returnees in 26 States including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The report said 3 million of these are living in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
In a bid to assist the victims, the government of Norway has renewed its funding cooperation with the FAO. The funds are aimed at helping the most vulnerable populations in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Taraba States.
The three-year intervention will benefit 43, 990 households (about 307, 930 individuals), with at least 45 percent of them being women, who will receive agricultural inputs, livestock assets, energy-saving stoves and other products.
The Ambassador of Norway to Nigeria, Knut Eiliv Lein, said his country remains committed to supporting the efforts to restore the conflict-affected livelihoods in the North-East region.
