The United Nations (U.N) projects an increase of 7 million hungry people in Nigeria by August 2025.
Nigeria is confronting one of its most severe hunger crises, with 33 million people projected to experience food insecurity in 2025—an increase of 7 million compared to this year—driven by economic hardship, according to a joint report from the government and the United Nations released on Friday.
The biannual analysis conducted across 26 states and the federal capital estimates that 33.1 million people will face food insecurity by August next year.
The report states, “Several factors are driving this trend, but most prominently are economic hardship coupled with record high inflation, a record rise in food prices and record high transportation costs.”
Insecurity has also severely impacted agricultural activities in the region leading to an explosion in IDP camps and abandonment of farms by people in displaced communities.
Across the Northern parts of the country- terrorists like Boko Haram, and different groups of bandits kidnap and extort farmers- and such encounters have been fatal in recent times.
In response, the federal government announced N3 billion in support to the 36 states of the federation and FCT to assuage the impact of the disaster.