Fear of food crisis is heightening in Nigeria following massive floods that are ravaging crop farms in many parts of the country.

Many farmlands were reportedly destroyed by floods in Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger, Rivers, C/Rivers, Sokoto, Bauchi and some parts of Kwara State.

Rice and maize farmlands were most affected and farmers fear this could further hike the prices of the staple food in the country.

A Daily Trust market survey showed that prices of food items are already going up in the market.

In Kano, a 100kg of maize now costs N20,000, N22,000 in Benue, N24, 000 in Abuja and as high as N25,000 in Lagos State.

The same size of maize sold between N9, 000 and N11, 000 last year across the country.

Also, 100kg of local rice now costs N55,000 in Kano, N58,000 in Abuja, while prices of beans range from N22,000 to N24, 000 per 100kg depending on the market and state.



– The warnings –

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had warned that the current water level in the Middle Niger of the Niger Basin portends some level of concern for Nigeria as there could be a likelihood of river flooding in the states contiguous to River Niger.

The states, according to the Agency, are Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Rivers and Bayelsa.

The Director-General of the agency, Engr. Clement Onyeaso Nze said the country through Kebbi State might be flooded beginning from September 6

Reports from Kebbi had shown that several hectares of rice farms were washed away by flood and similar incidence was also reported in some parts of Zamfara, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kwara, Cross Rivers, Rivers and Niger states.

The incident is already a source of concern for stakeholders in the food sector as they are expressing fears that if the ugly trend continues, there might be food crisis in the country.

In Kebbi State, over 500,000 hectares of farmlands were reported to have been destroyed by flood.

The Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, Sani Dododo, who announced the incident said rice farms accounted for about 450,000 of the hectares while the remaining 50,000 were for other crops.

https://dailytrust.com/food-security-threatened-as-floods-destroy-farms

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by the time buhari and his fellow finish in 2023,,some Nigerian no go get strength to go out an vote seff,because some go don dry of hunger like that of people in Somalia,,,, but me and my family no go dey among,,you quote me wrong you will suffer for 600yrs

Lol..They're lowkey trying to tell us that they will further hike prices of goods

Yet fmardpace has not started answering farmers (by giving them inputs) and even we the enumerators (making payment) so as to boost food sufficiency against next year.

Smh

As the northern barbarians are constituting nuisance in the name of terrorism, genocide and herdsmen disaster,nature too has reacted


Can these Muslim irritants stop behaving like social misfits.all these ra@ping/killing etc in the name of Allah stop so nature can help us produce food Abi which kain wahala be this?

A hike in food price again? Something is happening in this country. Why are all these things happening at this time?

It will get better

Las las we may need to open border cos local food are now more expensive that imported food items.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Things will get better

God help us here
Where as in osun state, there has never be rain for the past 4-5 months. This life self.

Buhari and his zombie supporters will use flood as an excuse for their glaring incompetence....

Useless government can only be elected by useless populace

tundeedunte777:
Prophet rolex uses this best classified

His teeth us very dirty o

God help us

Ok

ever since this crazy administration took power, everything became too bad, they will not allow importation, the local source is also scarce, they want hunger to finish everybody in this country.

Food scarcity and food hyperinflation is the not the kind of problem this country needs right now. God airpus ooohhhh

Nigeria institution meant for this purpose can mitigate this issue if money meant to help are not squadered. Nigeria I hai thee

Good news.

My every day prayer is for food prices to continue to hike..

I pray that a bag of rice and other products should go up as high as 100k.

If it's too expensive for you, then clear that bush in your backyard and plant something.

Only those who don't know the pain and stress of producing a single grain complain of hike in food prices.

Farming is not easy. Farmers are some of the poorest and unkept set of people in this country. From the planting stage to the harvest stage, everything is manual labor, and at the end of the day, nothing comes out. You'll see a thirty years old farmer looking like a fifty years old man due to too much manual work as a result of farming. For once, let us enjoy.

I'm anti-APC and Buhari but this is one of the best things he's done for farmers. (Boarder closure)

Until the government invests billions in agriculture by buying equipments to ensure everywhere in Nigeria practices mechanised farming, food prices will continue to go up.

As long as farming in Nigeria is still the normal hoe and cutlass, it will get worse, no matter who becomes president.

Thank you very very Baba Buhari and please

Add more locks to those boarders and throw the keys to the Atlantic Ocean.

Talk is cheap! If rice & maize are mostly affected by flood, then open the border now. Na by force. How can this government still be very clueless at this critical stage? Greatest blunder Nigerians ever made, allowing the cow man to rule. What a president! Spit

I think it's time to stop this border closure nonsense, it isn't achieving the intended goal.

And the borders are closed

Allez Naiija

Even with the border closure for over a year now.
Even with the lock down due to the pandemic,
Nigeria was never short of food through it all.
No food scarcity all over the nation!
Our farmers are all smiling to the bank every day.
God bless our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari and his amiable Vice president Prof Yemi Osibanjo for all they are doing for the progress of our nation.

A man after God's heart.
This will surely pass.
God bless Nigeria and all that wish her well.

Farki:
I think it's time to stop this border closure nonsense, it isn't achieving the intended goal.

You are now wailing after one year of border closure.
Seems you have been praying to read this kinda news since August 2019, so you can type this rubbish at last.
What a Shame.

NNU0000:
Bigger shame on the politicians.

Shame on them too.
May all politicians that looted our National treasury along with their supporters all end miserably.

No be curse,
Na FACT!

post=93517068:
You are now wailing after one year of border closure. Shame.

Bigger shame on the politicians.