Tag: FOOD SECURITY

Nigerians need urgent help to avert worst food crisis in four years – UN

Aminu Imam

“Our colleagues tell us that 8.7 million people in Nigeria need urgent assistance, including 2.2 million displaced people.” The United Nations, (UN), has warned of an impending food crisis in Nigeria, calling for global support to avert the potential catastrophe. According to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Nigeria’s Humanitarian Response Plan, which seeks over one billion dollars, is only one-third funded. The Deputy Spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said this while briefing correspondents at UN headquarters in New York, on Friday on the humanitarian situation in the North-East. “Our humanitarian colleagues warned…

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Insecurity: Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria — United Nations

Aminu Imam

The United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), Global Environment Facility, (GEF) says the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected that an estimated 13 million people in the area face the risk of acute food insecurity in the next few months. The Project Manager, UNDP – GEF, in-charge of Resilient Food Security Project, Rhoda Dia, gave out this information yesterday, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Ms. Dia said the warning had become imperative because the…

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Nigeria steadily moving towards self-sufficiency in food production under Buhari -APC Group

Aminu Imam

By Godwin Amunde A group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is moving Nigeria steadily towards self-sufficiency in food production in a way that has never been witnessed since independence.  The group operating under the aegis of APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign, stated this in a statement jointly signed Wednesday in Abuja by the APC National Youth Leader, Ismaeel Ahmed; former APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu; Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, Salihu Lukman, and a presidential media aide, Tolu Ogunlesi. The group commended the administration of…

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“Food imports banned, gunmen also banning farmers amidst prices inflation, how can the Nigerian poor survive?” – Mr. LA

Aminu Imam

A former senatorial candidate for the Kaduna-Central constituency, Hon. Lawal Adamu Usman, popularly known as Mr. LA, has called on the Federal Government to immediately open the nation’s borders to make life easier for the poor. According to the promising politician, “There is no way for people to be going hungry and its leaders are thinking and wishing for any progress. He further queried: “The borders were closed to prevent the importation of weapons, now has it stopped the illegal importation of arms? According to him, “Only improvements to the…

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‘Food crisis looming’ – Northern CAN tells President Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to address the numerous challenges confronting the country. This was contained in a statement released yesterday by the public relations officer, (PRO), of the association, Jechonia Albert. The PPRO said a food crisis is looming because farmers cannot go to their farms for fear of being kidnapped, adding that the challenges have thrown many residents into poverty. The statement further read: “The implication…

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Food crisis looms in Nigeria ? AFAN

Aminu Imam

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has alerted the nation that the continued cases of insecurity in the country may lead to food crisis across the land before the end of 2021. Speaking during the flag-off and sale of fertiliser for the 2021 cropping season in Minna yesterday by the Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, the State chairman of AFAN, Shehu Galadima, said that there may be a food crisis in the country if the challenges of insecurity were not tackled by the government. According to him, all…

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Onion marketers stop supply to entire South from today – Association

Aminu Imam

The Association of Onions Producers, Processors and Marketers of Nigeria, (OPMAN), has threatened to stop the supplying of onions to the entire southern part of Nigeria unless certain conditions laid down by the association are met. The association disclosed that about N4.5 billion worth of onions and other properties were destroyed by suspected hoodlums across the Southern States in the last few months, in addition to the loss of lives of members of the association without any compensation. The National President of the association, Alhaji Aliyu Isa, disclosed this while…

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13m people in 15 northern States to experience acute food insecurity by August — Report

Aminu Imam

A report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO), of the United Nations (UN) and the World Food Programme (WFP), has predicted that about 13 million people in Northern Nigeria would experience acute food insecurity by August this year. The report: ‘Hunger hotspots – FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: March to July 2021 outlook’, was released recently to issue an early warning to 20 countries recognised as hotspots, where parts of the populations are at risk of acute food insecurity. For Nigeria, the report highlighted issues such as…

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‘Nigeria’s food insecurity at level not seen since 2016’ – UN agency

Aminu Imam

…Expected to worsen this summer Nigeria is facing a level of food insecurity not seen since 2016-2017, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic, rising conflict, and floods, a UN agency has said. Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe are the most affected States and the situation is expected to further deteriorate this summer “if no mitigation actions are taken,” according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Adverse effects of the pandemic and related containment measures, along with high food prices are among the main drivers of food insecurity, an FAO report…

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Anger, shock trails 43 farmers killed by insurgents, buried amid tears, wailing

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Anger and shock have continue to trail the killing of some 43 rice farmers killed on Saturday by insurgents at Koshebe village in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State The farmers were buried on Sunday amid wailing and tears by residents of the community. Most Nigerians on social media are berating the government for failure to protect the poor, innocent Nigerians who demand nothing from the government, but just security. From Twitter to Facebook to Instagram, most Nigerians, especially northerners said it is high time the government took…

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