Hmmmmmm..... According to UN yesterday during World's Population Day celebration, Nigeria is approximately 216 million. We rose from being 94 million in 1990 to 216 million in 2022.

The UN projected that by 2050, Nigerian population will have risen to 375 million. Currently, Nigeria is world's sixth most populous nation. By UN projection, by 2050, Nigeria will be world's third most populous nation in the world.

With the exponential growing population in Nigeria coupled with weak government policies. There is increasing poverty in the land. Also, there is increasing inflation, according to National Bureau of Statistics inflation stands at approximately 22% for October, 2022.

Growing population comes with lots of pressure on agriculture to meet dietary needs. With short food supply which is caused by low agricultural production.

When food supply doesn't meet with the population's dietary need, higher food prices is bound to happen. Also, this can lead to food crisis which is a precursor to hunger.

There is hunger in the land, this is caused by short food supply, poverty, and weak government policies.

Food insecurity will be experienced for a growing population that can't feed itself. If there is no drastic and urgent step taken to curb short food supply, food insecurity is bound to worsen in more years to come.

With the growing population, coupled with food insecurity, eating healthy will be a mirage. This can increase levels malnutrition and metabolic diseases. This can have negative effect on the health of all age groups.