The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has decried the extent of starvation in the nation, describing it as a national emergency.
In a publish on his verified X account on Friday, Obi mentioned starvation had change into a national emergency in Nigeria.
His remarks got here because the world marked World Food Day. He mentioned Nigerians have been confronting a painful actuality in which starvation, poverty and insecurity continued to have an effect on hundreds of thousands of households throughout the nation.
According to him, Nigeria is now one of many hungriest international locations in the world, rating 117th out of 125 international locations, down from 109th out of 125 in 2023, when the present administration got here into workplace.
The former Anambra State governor added that the scenario was notably troubling as a result of Nigeria has huge areas of arable, fertile land. He lamented that about 60 per cent remained uncultivated, offering forest hideouts for terrorist organisations and different non-state actors.
“What grew to become clear to me is that starvation in the nation have to be declared a national emergency. On World Food Day, the message is obvious: Nigerians deserve a rustic the place no household goes to mattress hungry, farmers can work with out concern, and poverty and insecurity are confronted with urgency and compassion.
“The struggle in opposition to starvation have to be handled as a national emergency. Under our management, we’ll safe the nation and return our hardworking farmers to their farms. They will obtain focused grants, subsidies, and different types of help.
“Together, we can build a Nigeria where no one goes to bed hungry and every farmer can work in peace and dignity. A New Nigeria is possible,” he wrote.
