The Nigeria Representative, Food and Agriculture Organization, Suffyan Koroma says an estimated 2.6 million people in the three states are classified as facing a crisis or worse levels of food insecurity.
“A resurgence in conflict and insecurity, wide-scale floods ravaging homesteads and farmlands during the rainy season and outbreaks of diseases, including cholera, are key drivers of the current food and nutrition situation in the northeast’’. Speaking at the launch of the recent data, Suffyan Koroma said the CH analysis also found that an estimated 4.02 million people in 16 northern states and the Federal
The new data on food security was unveiled by the Government of Nigeria and key partners including FAO, the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel and the World Food Programme.