The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have disclosed that 65 percent (two-third) of Nigerian households go hungry over dwindling food security.
This was contained in the report of the General-Household Surgery released by NBS, on Thursday.
According to the survey on consumption , food security, and shock, two out of three households (65.8 percent) indicated being unable to eat healthy, nutritious or preferred foods because of lack of money in the last 30 days.
The NBS, however, recorded most of the food security incidents in households in the southern zones than those in northern zones.
It further revealed that larger share of female-headed households report experiencing incidents related to food security, compared to male-headed household.
However, on minimum dietary for woman of reproductive age (15-49), NBS recorded that most women from South East zone obtain the minimum dietary requirements with 53.7 percent while the North Central recorded the lowest with 31 percent.
