The development comes as the country battles food shortages which had worsened the food inflation, pegged at over 40 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics.

With the commencement of the rainy season, the Nigerian Army said it has deployed troops in several of the northern states, to protect farmers.

A statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba said the deployment was made particularly in the North West and the North Central states.

According to him, the move has since “enabled several farmers access to farmers for a hitch-free planting season towards a bumper harvest.”

This is as the country battles food shortages which have worsened the food inflation put at over 40 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Nigeria’s inflation figure reached a new high, hitting 34.19 per cent in June 2024 before declining to 33.40 per cent in July, according to the data from NBS’ Consumer Price Index.


40.8% Food Inflation

As expected, there was also a rise in food inflation.

Giving a breakdown, the NBS stated, “The food inflation rate in June 2024 was 40.87 per cent on a year-on-year basis, which was 15.62 per cent points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023 (25.25 per cent).

“The rise in food inflation on a year-on-year basis was caused by increases in prices of the following items: millet whole grain, garri, guinea corn, etc (bread and cereals class), yam, water yam, cocoyam (potatoes, yam and other tubers class), groundnut oil, palm oil, etc (oil and fats class) and catfish dried, dried, etc.

“On a month-on-month basis, the food inflation rate in June 2024 was 2.55 per cent which shows a 0.26 per cent increase compared to the rate recorded in May 2024 (2.28 per cent)”

The NBS stated that the average annual rate of food inflation for the 12 months ending June 2024 was 35.35 per cent, an 11.31 per cent point increase from the average annual rate of change recorded in June 2023.

The core inflation rate, which excludes the prices of volatile agricultural produce and energy, stood at 27.40 per cent in June 2024, up by 7.34 per cent, when compared to the 20.06 per cent recorded in June 2023.

According to the Consumer Price Index and Inflation Report for June 2024, the NBS attributed the rise in food inflation on a year-on-year basis to increases in prices of the following items, millet whole grain, garri, guinea corn, etc (bread and cereals class), yam, water yam, coco yam (potatoes, yam and other tubers class), groundnut oil, palm oil, etc (oil and fats class) and catfish dried, dried fish-sardines, mudfish (fish class), etc.

It said, “The average annual rate of food inflation for the 12 months ending June stood at 35.35 per cent, which was an 11.31 per cent point increase from the average annual rate of change in June 2023 which was 24.03 per cent.”


Edo Records Highest

A breakdown of the NBS data indicated that food inflation on a year-on-year basis was highest in Edo (47.34 per cent), Kogi (46.37 per cent), Cross River (45.28 per cent), while Nasarawa (34.31 per cent), Bauchi (34.78 per cent) and Adamawa State (35.96 per cent), recorded the slowest rise in food inflation.

On a month-on-month basis, June 2024 food inflation was highest in Yobe (4.75 per cent), Adamawa (4.74 per cent), and Taraba (4.12 per cent), while Nasarawa (0.14 per cent), Kano (0.96 per cent) and Lagos (1.25 per cent) recorded the slowest rise.

Experts have since blamed insecurity, lack of equipment, and other issues as major challenges affecting food production in Nigeria.


Govt Moves To Curb Crisis

The Federal Government had in the wake of the galloping prices of essential commodities reeled out a raft of measures to address the challenge.

It recently suspended duties, tariffs, and taxes on the importation of maize, husked brown rice, wheat, and cowpeas through the country’s land and sea borders, for 150 days.

It also approved the procurement of 2,000 tractors, and 1,200 trailers and set up a committee to help in proffering solutions to the food crisis rocking the nation.

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/08/19/food-crisis-army-deploys-officers-to-protect-farmers-in-the-north/

This is a step in the right direction, not deploying all the security agencies on unarmed innocent peaceful protesters.


Tackle insecurity head-on, and food crisis will be a thing of the past.


If they are truly serious, they should extend it to the South because killer herdsmen are everywhere in the south.

Hope no be gaslighting o.

The military is stretched, how many farmers can dey protect?

And why can't South plant their own food and feed herself, why all these dependency on d north?

Nigeria always puts themselves in a position where they have to fight to stay alive instead of compete globally

Benue natives were sacked from their communities for several years till date, now we’re at a point where we have to protect our farmers in order to survive

Just like they’re fighting Dangote Refinery until it crumbles like the other dilapidated refineries, then we start asking stupid questions like how did we get here where we have refineries but still export crude

After herdsmen have finished destroying peoples farm crops and hunger don set in.

They should also send like two soldiers to go and guard my friend's 2 plot farm in Ogun state.

Herdsmen are terrorizing that area too.

Unserious people, what they ought to have done since Buharis time...
Na to dey send Army go East to pia innocent youths na im dem sabi

Another drama.

Was there a time that the army stopped sending officers to the North?

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Klington:

better be true because it’s not easy

Tinubu trial and error government

will it last? good one sha

Very good, provided it will curb the menace of incessant increase in food pricing, may God help them

Islie:
The development comes as the country battles food shortages which had worsened the food inflation, pegged at over 40 per cent by the National Bureau of Statistics.



https://www.channelstv.com/2024/08/19/food-crisis-army-deploys-officers-to-protect-farmers-in-the-north/

When we said the North and north central is being ravished by bandits and terrorists. Now they are overburden military with their irrational actions.

CHEI ANOTHER NNAMDI KANU IDEA



WHY ARE THEY STILL HOLDING NNAMDI KANU AND USING HIS IDEAS?



WHEN KANU PROTECTED OUR FARM LAND THEY CALLED HIM A TERRORIST.




WE KNOW THE REAL TERRORIST IN NIGERIA AND IT IS NOT NNAMDI KANU.


NNAMDI KANU IS THE MAN THAT SAW TOMORROW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQ6Bjwb9Cc

They won't guide the farm forever.

Will they be there in the night to safeguard the farm ?

Best thing is to eradicate terrorists from this goddamn cuntry but northern sultans and emirs won't do that because of their stupid beliefs, they won't even like to see thiefnubus intervention even if his numskull will allow him to bring out idea concerning the eradication.

MrPOTUS:


Hope no be gaslighting o.

The military is stretched, how many farmers can dey protect?

And why can't South plant their own food and feed herself, why all these dependency on d north?

But the north depends on the south for allocation…

Na now day break una for eyes...

Anyway it doesn't make sense because Fulani herdsmen Attack in the dead of the night

Lolzz

Just, Lolzzz

Whether or not u vote the urinating machine, na all of us go suffer am together. Fuel 950 asaba. Inflation, 900 percent. People are getting thinner and we just started

What about farmers at the other part of the country

Long overdue

But why has terrorism thrived for over a decade in a country that is said to have one of the strongest land army 🪖??

Why not destroy the terrorist instead of using soldiers to go guide farmers from bandits and terrorists??

Good morning

Not to engage and eliminate the subversive monsters they have allowed to grow wings, but to protect farmers? This government and Nigerian Army are jokers.

Ddd

When fulani heardsmen where destroying farm land in Benue, middle belt area and most part of South and Boko Haram were killing farmers in north east....

I knew it will be a matter of time before food dry up

Because it's a calculated attempt to starve the entire population

Military personnel that will soon turn against the farmers to be collecting toll....

Just watch and see