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THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has raised the alarm that one out of eight Nigerians, representing 24.8 million people, are facing acute hunger this year.

This is contained in a statement released on Saturday, April 29 in Abuja by the WFP head of Communications, Advocacy and Marketing in Nigeria, Chi Lael.

Lael disclosed that the agency, to address the urgent needs of those affected by conflict and in dire need of humanitarian aid in the North-east, was ramping up efforts to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to 2.1 million people.

Part of the statement read, “WFP is gravely concerned that years of armed conflict in North-east Nigeria is driving hunger and malnutrition, with millions in need of life-saving assistance and facing the risk of famine.”

The WFP projected that Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states would witness severe hunger during the peak of the lean season between June and August 2023, with 4.3 million people being affected, and almost 600,000 on the brink of catastrophe.

richmond500:
You are really bad in economics.
With Nigerian owned refinery in full operation and stoppage of subsidy.
It is obvious the naira will rise a bit

nnewsnjobs:
Tomorrow now, Tinubu will say that he didn't give such promise.

#300 to $1, if he can achieve this, then I will give him my full respect.

Until then.

Tinubu that was running away from interview so that he will not go they and make any promises.
The only promise he made was student loan and recruitment of youth into the army. Outside that I didn't see any promise from him.

He thinks that he is wise by not given any promises.
We will assess him by checking the prices of good and services, dollar exchange rate and so many other indices when Buhari left office and compare it after one, two or four years of his administration to know how he is performing.
Promises or not, we know how to assess him.

richmond500:
Our major problem is the money we spend on oil, $10b just for subsidy and the cost of refinning our crude and importing it back to Nigeria, you know how much be that?
And Dangote said he will be selling his oil in Naira to other countries.

Without trying if we can take the excesses we spend on oil, we can bring the dollar to N300.
That will revamp our economy and give rise to foreign investments.
N200 to a dollar is feasible in the next 4yrs if we focus on insecurity and oil.

Forget the huge debt weh Asiwaju inherit from Buhari, his administration has lots of advantage

tensazangetsu20:
How much you willing to wager. In two years time, people will miss buhari.

tensazangetsu20:
Damn I should really stop prophesying. In 30 days someone worst than buhari will be sworn in as president

GeneralPula:
I’ll confirm the news..

T8ksy:
Are you truly sure of that assertion in bold? Certainly, the true "owners of Nigeria" will do everything in their capacity to scupper the biafran agenda because they are aware that once any ethnic group exit Nigeria, others will follow suit, especially the south and the middlebelt.

lhordspy:
Joe Biden is 80years old, about 81 in few weeks.

Yet in Nigeria here, some political m!screants, fascists and disrespectful kids with the thinking ability of a 3month old baby are using age as a yardstick for efficiency in leadership.

This is the saner clime you compare us to. This is the saner clime you write letters to, to interfere in our national politics. This is your 'paradise'.... With an 80yr old president; declaring for another term...

To all pastors and G.Os who have abandoned the preaching of the gospel of God and are now using the altar of God to instigate, propagate and spread hate against the other religion by calling the candidate from other religion a 'druglord' , a 'terrorist' ....

Hear me well, and hear me clear. You are nothing but cone-artistes deceiving your gullible congregation. If election is conducted 2million times, Nigerians will still not vote your religious partitioner of a candidate. He can only be president of your politicised church, he can never and will never rule us in this country.

MasterJayJay:
When some people say 'The north are masters in politics', I just laugh at them.
They should organize a meeting with all bandits, boknharam and iswap members, give them traditional titles for peace to reign.

grandstar:
Sanusi probably spent $20b defending the Naira. Many blame Jonathan for the paltry $43 bn in the foreign reserves while that should have gone to SLS. He even admitted as much that he exploited high oil crude prices. He should have listened to the IMF when they advised him but with oil prices high, he jettisoned that advice.

Saying that the apex bank had failed to rise to the occasion at the height of the strident calls by the International Monetary Fund to devalue the local currency, Agbaje said, “I think CBN missed the opportunity two years back to adopt greater exchange rate flexibility to prevent (as the IMF famously cautioned) ‘one-way bets’ against the naira.

internationalman:
How come people don't come to Nigeria for vacation except Nigerians..

Don't be deceived these people don't like Nigeria even though they may be staying in it they are actually not living in it.

Nigeria is like their workplace, a company where they work. Their real home is where their children are. And your guess is as good as mine.

EmeeNaka:
This Farooq Kperogi is not different from an average politician, but in his view writings, he believe that he has provided a balanced opinion.
It is incredible to believe that Anambra have an increased poverty prevalence. Granted that some people would always quote Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the question is, how did NBS arrive at it's data? What study was it basing it references? Have the NBS data be peer reviewed? And what is the record of accuracy of NBS?
I believe that NBS could be one agency that needs to be checked very well, because government data or data, is important for policy formulation.

Finesse247:
We've not seen video from him in recent times, we only see press releases. Not even perhaps pictures of followers went to celebrate Eid with him wherever he is. I can't wait for him to come back and hit the ground running and start running from day one as he said.

RevolverOcelot:
Bullying staff and civil servants is part of the politics in Nigeria

KanwuliaExtra:
These people keep trying Nigerians. . . .Dem go soon hear am!

baralatie:
It is as a result of the fashola group who were defending the importance of accumulating debts to be normal since america has debts and has not failed.
Well
Here we dey

SalamRushdie:
The painful thing is despite all this Buhari still has supporters

OPINION Sunday Dare: In faraway Guinea Conakry, the Tinubu’s political prowess holds sway
Published on October 26, 2015 By Daily Post Staff

Though the October 11, 2015 presidential elections in Guinea Conakry have come and gone, not many would forget in a long time the key role played by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. And just like he did in the Nigerian situation serving as the catalyst, the fulcrum alongside others and perhaps the “babalawo” that brought the opposition to power and chased away the PDP after 16 years in power, Asiwaju Tinubu has helped retain a trusted friend and pan-Africanist in power. Prof. Alpha Conde, the first democratically elected president of Guinea, is back for a record second term of 5 years after a commanding first round victory of 58 per cent of total votes cast.


The victory that came when the final results were announced was reward for handwork and a campaign that was on message. The political campaign of the incumbent president got a bite when Tinubu moved in to help his friend, a brother and a true African leader. The journey for Alpha Conde’s re-election began sometime in May 2015 when he came to Nigeria for the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. President Conde not only met with Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, he met with other African leaders. He described his meeting with Buhari as very useful and insightful. President Conde in several conversations maintained that Africa has found in Buhari the leader it needs to lead it and move it forward. He said Buhari is best suited to lead Africa where Goodluck Jonathan failed.

On 17 October 2015, Condé was selected for a second term and given 57.85 percent of the vote, an outright majority in the first round of voting.[4] The election was marred by fraud and mismanagement.[29] Cellou Dalein Diallo, who received the majority the vote, rejected the results because the vote had been rigged by Condé's government. Condé's government resorted again in intimidating voters, ballot stuffing, permitting minors to vote, altering the electoral map, and violence against the opposition supporters. However, the opposition did not file an official appeal.[30] Condé was sworn in for his second term on 14 December 2015.[31]

mrvitalis:
CBN recommended Naira flotation severally but buhari refused ....Les assume this is emefieles idea not to float the naira ...what different did it make ?


Import restrictions is what you are blaming on CBN ? You obviously don't know the CBN governor is not independent of the president

Naira redesign police helped stabilize naira you can't even deny that

This issues you raise have absolutely nothing on the points I raised

OneTemplate:
@OP.

No doubt the choice of CBN governor is crucial to Tinubu's success as President. I am sure the search has begun already if not concluded even before the elections knowing Tinubu.

Many excellent names out there. Personally, for what Tinubu wants to achieve and the 360 degree change he wishes to introduce into the economic and monetary management of Nigeria's potentials, with special focus on lower interest rates and availability of credit, I would go with SLS.

He is very disciplined, resolute and brave. He can be trusted to be professional and loyal to the brief of his president and not hijack/abuse the very powerful CBN governor position to use as a tool for self and crony aggrandizement as the filthy Emefiele symbolises.

Sanusi Lamido is pro-people and already buys into what Tinubu is proposing that is radical but needed to transform how Nigeria manages her economic potential, monetary policy and the advantageous use of the Naira by her citizens.

My personal opinion though that assumes SLS is available and interested.

mrvitalis:
The fundamental issue with Nigerians ( majority ) leaders n citizens is this ...we mostly font know the difference between symptoms of a problem and a problem ....this right up is evident of that

The CBN governor couldn't have done much really ...the finance minister and the president economic teams are to be blamed

Using scarce foreign exchange to do political jamboree n construction of projects that are 1) super super inflated 2) that is not financially sustainable 3) poorly sited based on sentiments landed us here

You borrowed 40 billion dollars or so ...80% was used to enrich politicians the 20% used for projects

None of those projects can even financially support themselves

You are broke ,u had the chance to borrow money instead of using the money to create something that can generate revenue for u ....you are 80% ...used the remaining 20% to buy liabilities

Then you turn around to blame your wife for not being frugal for your kitchen expenses

The Op like osibanjo in 2019 in his debate against Peter obi don't even understand the problem


Sad thing is Tinubu would do exactly the same thing just with more corruption more grammar

N3TRAL:
I supported Bola Ahmad Tinubu because I believe in a free market I believe his reorganisation of Nigeria will promote.

If Igbo people work hard while Yorubas are waiting for Government welfare and special treatment for "accommodating" others, they Igbo people will live better in the next four years.

If Yoruba people welcome investors while the South East lock up the region by insurrection, incessant sit-at-home orders and a parallel government, the Yoruba people will live better in the next four years.

The work of the new government is to ensure that students in public schools will finish a four year course before the fifth year.

The work of the new government is to ensure that electricity improves across the country greatly and Nigeria can refine 80% of the petroleum the country consumes.

The work of the new government is to drive public - private partnerships that will create necessary jobs for those who are not business oriented and decongest the overcrowded public service.

The work of the new government is to provide incentives for startups and open channels for international trade to balance our payment for trade.

The work of the new government is to build an army to end insurgency and islamism in the Savannah.

If you no work, you no go chop whether you are from Ibadan or Daura