Borno, Yobe, Adamawa states’ people may die of hunger, malnutrition

…tasks FG on pro-smallscale farmers’ policies

ABUJA – OXFAM in Nigeria has raised alarm that over 5.8 million people in the northeast part of the country were food insecure and might die of malnutrition, if urgent food assistance was not provided.

Children affected by poverty

To this end, the Deputy Director, Oxfam in Nigeria, Mr Constant Tchona, said it is imperative for the Federal Government to step up implementation of policies that directly benefit smallholder farmers to enhance food production in the country.

Tchona, who was speaking at the presentation of a report tagged; ‘Fine Words Do not Produce Food’, in Abuja, revealed that out of the 5.8million people, 5.2 million are living in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.

He explained that insurgency, militancy and Fulani/farmers crisis had pushed communities in the country into dangerous levels of food…