Tag: Hunger

State of the Nation: “Nigerians are suffering”, Yoruba Council of Elders tells Tinubu

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Yoruba elders

The Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), has expressed worry over the state of the natio,n just as it urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle the current hardship faced by Nigerians. The YCE, in a statement yesterday, issued by its General-Secretary, Chief Oladipo Oyewole said though it was hopeful that there will be positive turnaround in the country, there is, presently, a lot of suffering in the land. The statement reads: The YCE remains hopeful that Nigeria will have a turnaround. However, going by scanty information available on Government pursuits and…

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‘More than 31m Nigerians currently facing severe food crisis’ FG

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Somalia East Africa Famine

The Federal Government has stated that more than 31.8 million Nigerians are currently facing acute food shortages due to on-going security challenges and the recent removal of fuel subsidies. This is according to a study conducted by several international development partners, stating that it has in resulted in widespread malnutrition among women and children. The findings were presented during meetings with the government on Monday and Tuesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. The study was conducted by development partners, including the United Nations…

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Hunger: ‘Palliatives going into wrong hands’ Cleric tells FG

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Cleric to FG

The Federal Government has been advised to devise another means of distributing palliatives to Nigerians, designed to ease the effects of economic hardship on the people. The Planter of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Adamimogo, Grace of Mercy Prayer Mountain Worldwide, Prophet Sam Olu Alo, who gave the advice, said the suggestion became necessary, as most palliatives being distributed are not reaching the poorest of the poor and may be going to the wrong people. Prophet Olu Alo also urged President Bola Tinubu to act swiftly in addressing the grievances of…

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“End this hunger scourge now,” – N’Delta Bishops, ministers tell Tinubu

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N'Delta Bishops

An association of Bishops and ministers in the Niger-Delta has cried out on behalf of hungry people in the oil region, urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to end hunger now. The President of the association, Julius Ediwe, an archbishop, said the association was acutely aware of the deteriorating situation. Actually, there is suffering and hunger in the land. We cannot deny that. He therefore lamented: President Tinubu, please, hear the cry of the people. People are dying, people are suffering. I do not know how else to put it. Whatever…

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Northern group backs Ndumes stance on hunger, insecurity under Tinubus Govt.

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Northern group backs Ndume

A non-political group, also known as the Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), has thrown more weight behind the 10th Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, who appeared last Thursday on a television programme, where he said there is much hunger in the land under the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubus ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’. Senator Ndume, who represents Southern-Borno at the Red Chamber also said that, despite hunger and insecurity bedevilling the nation, it has been very difficult for some Ministers, Special Advisers and other appointees of the federal government…

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Food Crisis: ’82m Nigerians may go hungry soon’, UN warns

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Food at markets

The United Nations (UN), has again predicted that 82 million Nigerians, about 64 percent of the countrys population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the Government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity. The prediction comes in the wake of a persistent hike in food prices in the country. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), Nigerias food inflation rate hit a record high of 40.66 per cent in May 2024, surpassing the previous months 40.53 increase. This surge represents the largest year-on-year…

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‘N16m Nigerian children facing hunger in Tinubus first year as President’ – Report

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16m children hunger

A new report by Save the Children says about one in six (15.6 million) children in Nigeria are facing hunger in the lead-up to the lean season starting in June. According to its analysis of figures released by the Cadre Harmonis – a regional framework to identify food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa – the number of hungry children is 25% higher than the same period in 2023, and is likely the result of increasing insecurity, protracted conflict, banditry, and rising food prices in the West…

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“Nigerians may be hungry, but we can manage our hunger”, Tinubu tells Buhari

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The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said though Nigerians may be hungry, the hunger can be managed, because President Muhammadu Buhari has created a path out of any hunger crisis. Tinubu, who eulogised Buhari yesterday, while speaking at a ceremony to flag-off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project (KIPRO), which is the first oil drilling project in Northern Nigeria, located at the Bauchi and Gombe States boundary, described the President as a retired general who came to rescue his country. Speaking at the event,…

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“If you are hungry, go to the farm” Buhari tells Nigerians

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Nigerians should grow what they eat, according to President Muhammadu Buhari, or they would go hungry. Buhari, who gave his advice in an interview with a Hausa television programme, claimed that Nigerians have no cause to lament their lack of food. He clarified that it was because of his work that the importation of rice was prohibited. The president claimed that despite the floods that had impacted farming villages, Nigeria can still feed itself. According to Buhari, the Governments move to forbid the importing of rice prompted rice planting. He…

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25 million Nigerians suffering from hunger Nutritionist

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At least 25 million Nigerians are suffering from hunger, according to the National Coordinator of the ‘Academic and Research Network for Scaling-up nutrition in Nigeria‘, (ARN-SUNN), Prof Kola Matthew Anigo. He said this in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, while delivering his Keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 52nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and scientific conference of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria. Speaking on the theme of the conference: Bridging the Malnutrition Gap: Nutrition Multi-sectoral Commitments for Sustainable Nutrition in Nigeria, Anigo lamented the prevalence of malnutrition in Nigeria.…

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