Over 4m Nigerians Suffer From Hunger, Malnutrition - United Nations

  • 📰 LeadershipNGA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 55 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 25%
  • Publisher: 77%

Nigeria Headlines News

Nigeria Latest News,Nigeria Headlines

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said that over four million Nigerians are currently hungry and suffer from

This, according to the FAO, was largely due to conflicts, climate issues, pests and diseases, loss of biodiversity, habitat destruction and devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

FAO country representative in Nigeria, Mr Fred Kateero, who disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during a press briefing to mark this year’s World Food Day celebration, said the aforementioned factors have worsened economic challenges in the country and propelled further unemployment rates. To address these challenges, Kateero called on government to target interventions on research and development, largely to make farming more technologically advanced and imbibe innovations in digital agriculture.

He also called for rescaling of young people, and improvement of literacy rates, especially among women and the need to add essential elements such as better data governance and institutions. Kareeto added that the FAO approaches to address hunger and malnutrition can only be effective if they are rooted in working together with the government, and other key partners to forge national pathways towards transformation.“As we reflect on our actions today. Let us ensure that they are responsible actions that will guarantee in the future we want. We reap what we sow.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Over 4M is an understatement is over 10M that is suffering

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in NG

Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Buhari seeks UNDP’s aid to resettle IDPs - Daily TrustHe said his government was doing its best to rehabilitate IDPs and return them to their ancestral homes, but noted that with meagre resources, assistance from bodies like the UNDP would come in handy.
Source: Daily Trust - 🏆 13. / 51 Read more »

Naira Devaluation, Politics And RealityMost informed Nigerians are skeptical about the argument that devaluing the Naira is the way out of the nation’s prevailing economic challenges. For them,
Source: LeadershipNGA - 🏆 4. / 77 Read more »

COVID-19: U.S. donates over 3.5 million doses of vaccine to Nigeria | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsThe United States government has donated 3,577,860 doses of Pfizer vaccine for the public health and benefit of the Nigerian people through COVAX.
Source: GuardianNigeria - 🏆 1. / 94 Read more »

Man City's Torres suffers fractured foot - Punch NewspapersMan City's Torres suffers fractured foot
Source: MobilePunch - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

$1.1billion Malabu Fraud: Don’t Intimidate HEDA Chair, Suraj With Police, Others – Group Warns Nigerian Government | Sahara ReportersThe Malabu scandal involved the transfer of about $1.1 billion by Shell and ENI through the Nigerian government to accounts controlled by a former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete.
Source: SaharaReporters - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »

Ex-Naval Director On Wanted List For Corruption Sneaks Back Into Nigeria, Assaults Woman With Military Protection | Sahara ReportersThe anti-graft agency had accused Yusuf of stealing N2 billion belonging to the Nigerian government while serving as Director of Nigerian Navy Accounts. See ehh when the youths take over this country, we won't forget the bad these elderly ones have done, they must pay for it Double wahala for deady body 🚶🏻‍♂️🚶🏻‍♂️🚶🏻‍♂️🚶🏻‍♂️
Source: SaharaReporters - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »