The North East Development Commission has said it is mobilising resources to stockpile food items to address hunger crisis in the region.This follows a report by the United Nations, the Borno State government and other partners which revealed that over 2.6 million people are at risk of food crisis due prolonged war against terrorism.
NEDC said the measure had become necessary as a result of resurgence of attacks on communities earlier resettled by the government as well as the effect of the crisis on the farming communities. Its managing director, Dr Mohammed Alkali, disclosed this at the weekend during a roundtable meeting with humanitarian actors at the headquarters of the commission in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
He said NEDC has equally taken deliberate steps to respond to threats of food and nutrition insecurity in the Northeast region. “According to a report by the United Nations, the Borno State government and other partners, over 2.6 million people are at risk of facing a food crisis in the state. The commission is currently mobilising resources to stockpile food items with a view to intervene in an event of emergency.
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