I’m deeply troubled – Peter Obi raises alarm over hunger crisis in Northern Nigeria 

The statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed heavy interest implicit the worsening hunger situation successful bluish Nigeria, describing the concern arsenic avoidable and blaming it connected what helium called incompetent leadership.

In a connection titled “UN’s Warning connected Northern Nigeria’s Food Crisis”, posted connected his X relationship on Saturday, Obi said the latest informing by the World Food Programme was alarming, noting that bluish Nigeria, regarded arsenic the country’s nutrient basket, should not beryllium facing specified a humanitarian crisis.

He said helium was peculiarly troubled by the UN study indicating that bluish Nigeria is experiencing its worst hunger situation successful astir a decade, with much than 17 cardinal radical crossed 9 bluish states facing crisis-level hunger and implicit 35 cardinal Nigerians nationwide astatine hazard during the existent thin season.

Obi besides expressed interest that much than 10,000 residents of Borno State person entered what the UN described arsenic “catastrophic” hunger conditions, describing the improvement arsenic a nationalist failure.

“I americium profoundly troubled by the latest study from the UN’s World Food Programme, indicating that ...