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To start with, I believe that this is one of the best solutions to hunger in Naija. So, I am sharing it so that more people can support the poll.

A Social Worker’s Research Exposes UN’s Poor Understanding Of Nigeria’s Food Insecurity Situation; Calls For A Poll To Address The Issue*

161.4 Million out of 223.8 Million Nigerians are currently listed under the “people facing hunger” category of the global humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger.

Going by this report, 72.1% of the entire population of Nigeria is deemed food insecure as you read this. Already, this by far exceeds the 33 million Nigerians projected to be “food insecure” in 2025 by a joint statement of 3 relevant UN agencies (ie. FAO, UNICEF, and WFP) in November last year. Imagine the difference!
By my evaluation, the huge difference between the two projections lies in the quality of data collection. My direct experiences in Nigeria indicate that the Action Against Hunger report represents the situation far more accurately.
On December 8, 2024, I called on the Nigerian government at all levels to declare a state of emergency on food security and establish soup kitchens across the country. That was after I identified that far more Nigerians were dying of hunger and hunger-related issues than were getting reported.
Not long after that, my report found ample brutal public confirmations when at least 67 Nigerians were reported dead due to hunger-related stampedes across multiple locations. Those Nigerians died in an attempt to access food at Christmas!

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An Even Gloomier Outlook For 2025: What Can We Do?

One thing is constant amid all those disparities expressed above👆 and more: Not only the UN report but other indicators point to a gloomier food security profile for Nigeria this year than last.

By my finding, one of the major reasons many Nigerians are dying of hunger is that there is poor information on the situation. This is most likely because the Nigerian government provides wrong data to the relevant organisations for image-making purposes.

For example, as I've just shown above, the United Nations was still projecting that 33 million (that is about 15%) of Nigerians would be food insecure in 2025 whereas a simple observation on the streets of the country reveals that at least 6 in 10 residents were already victims of "mild" to "extreme" levels of food insecurity going by UN's own scale as you will see shortly.

Its identification of the causes of food insecurity in Nigeria in the referenced report further proves that the UN is out of touch with the realities in the country: The UN agencies claimed that “triple-digit increases in food prices, the aftermath of devastating floods, and 15 years of insurgency in the northeast” were the key factors behind acute food shortages in Nigeria. How come the world body failed to mention what should have topped the list, namely, the menace of the Fulani militia disguised as herders especially since 2015?

So, one of the ways I am helping to solve the food crisis in Nigeria is to help relevant organisations working for the realisation of food security in the country to take decisions and actions based on accurate data sourced directly from the masses.

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To start with, I believe that this is one of the best solutions to hunger in Naija. So, I am sharing it so that more people can support the poll.A Social Worker’s Research Exposes UN’s Poor Understanding Of Nigeria’s Food Insecurity Situation; Calls For A Poll To Address The Issue*
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What Nigeria needs at this point is a concerted effort to accurately record and report on the problem. The UN and World Bank figures seem to base some of their reports on the information collected from the Nigerian government's own sources, sources which we all know can not and should not be relied on for any reason or purpose.

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What Nigeria needs at this point is a concerted effort to accurately record and report on the problem. The UN and World Bank figures seem to base some of their reports on the information collected from the Nigerian government's own sources, sources which we all know can not and should not be relied on for any reason or purpose.

True. That's the point the man is making. Just see the difference.

But, Nigerians? How many of us can even read the article talk less of concerting any effort to record and report anything? So, the government data will continue to dominate, meaning that the hunger continues.

Nlfpmod.