The National Human Rights Commission, on Sunday, raised concern over the rising food crisis in Nigeria, saying it had worsened access to healthy and nutritious food, especially among Internally Displaced Persons and vulnerable group, leading to increase in widespread hunger and low quality of life.
According to him, the current food crisis was mostly affecting the less privileged Nigerians especially the Internally Displaced Persons.
The NHRC CEO used the opportunity to disclose that the commission has been partnering with relevant UN bodies such as UNDP, UNHCR as well as the European Union to carry out series of intervention programmes targeted towards providing humanitarian support to the vulnerable population, particularly in the North-East which is suffering the devastating effects of insurgency.
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