As Nigeria joins rest of the world tomorrow to mark World Food Day amid worsening food crisis that is spreading like a wild fire across the country and forcing many into begging for alms just to have a meal
...• Experts Blame Unstable Exchange Rate, Climate Change, Others For Situation, stakeholders have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration to quickly arrest the situation before it degenerates further.
“In Nigeria, acute food insecurity is expected to deteriorate in the outlook period, driven by the multidimensional security crisis, together with weak macroeconomic conditions and multiple natural hazards. The index has five levels of hunger under which each country falls – low, moderate, serious, alarming and extremely alarming.A farmer and Founder of Menitos Farm Depot, Lagos, Toluwalope Daramola, who expressed grief over the development, said the food crisis is seriously affecting Nigerians, especially low-income earners and the vulnerable, who could no longer afford the high cost of foodstuff and other agro commodities.
The report stated that while the average price of one kilogramme of boneless beef was N2, 141.18 in August 2022, it increased by 30.75 per cent to N2, 799.51 in August 2023. “Average price of garri increased by 49.16 per cent on a year-on-year-basis, from N305.92 in August 2022 to N456.32 in August 2023; on a month-on-month basis, the price increased by 6.15 per cent from the N429.89 recorded in July to N456.32 recorded in August 2023,” the report said.
The report stated that Akwa Ibom recorded the highest average price of one kilogramme of yam tuber at N1, 030.71, while Adamawa recorded the lowest price at N328.71. The Lagos Commissioner of Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, told The Guardian that the serious food security issues in the country was occasioned by the effect of unstable exchange rate, climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, insurgency, especially in the nation’s food production regions, and violent conflicts across the world.
“To address the current food crisis, we have to completely review our agricultural and economic policies to reflect this reality through a button-up approach to talking about insecurity. While the export dollars look attractive, we have to answer the question of the farmer that has remained poor. With very scarce resources, it presents an opportunity to create resilient communities as a building block of a new economy whereby well-being commences at the very bottom.
At the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa , Dr. Agnes Kalibata, stressed the need for a distinct transformational plan to address the food requirements of the 65 per cent of the population dependent on agriculture and employment creation.
To address this problem, the former Chairman, Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry – Agric sector/Managing Director of Bama Farms, Lagos, Prince Wale Oyekoya, urged the Tinubu administration to provide adequate funds to real farmers and hybrid seeds that are suitable for the country’s climate and soil.
The Benue State Security Advisor, Joseph Har, has confirmed the release of seven persons who were abducted on October 9 at Igaji in the Benue South Senatorial District.
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