26 million residents risk food insecurity in Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara

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26 million residents risk food insecurity in Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara
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The food security situation report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation has projected that 26 million people across Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara states and the Federal Capital Territory might experience food crisis between June and August 2024.

FAO Country Representative, Dominique Kouacou, who revealed this at the public presentation of Cadre Harmonise report , yesterday, in Abuja, revealed that the report was conducted in 26 states to analyse available data for the purpose of identifying populations at risk of food and nutrition insecurity in the country.

He commended the increasing interest of the government in empowering communities and strengthening their resilience so they could be self-reliant, pledging the continued support of FAO to government and vulnerable communities to achieve these goals. President Bola Tinubu yesterday tasked his ministers to put aside their personal ambitions and focus on his administration’s efforts to pull Nigeria out of poverty.

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has called for cooperation between the state and the United Nations Development Programme in critical sectors such as housing, energy transition, Information Communication Technology , women empowerment, job creation and employment.Nigeria should be optimistic and hopeful that an end to polio is in sight, the District Governor of Rotary International in District 9125, Rtn. Sagab Ahmed Sani has assured.

The Crude Oil Refineries-owners Association of Nigeria has lauded the move by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission over what it described as a decision by the NUPRC...

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