The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in a report has revealed that no fewer than14.5 million people are in urgent need of food and livelihood support between March and May 2022.
The report released on Tuesday, said the UN agency revealed that among north-eastern households surveyed by WFP’s Essential Needs Assessment, 55 per cent reported not having enough food.
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“High inflation across Nigeria, especially impacting food prices, has negatively affected household consumption, with 14.5 million people needing urgent food and livelihood support from March to May 2022, ” the report noted.
The report also revealed that Nigeria has experienced one of West Africa’s most severe currency devaluation in recent years, adding that Bureau De Change (BDC) naira exchange rate against the United States dollars have nearly halved since 2018.
Amid these economic challenges and worsening food security, WFP said it has continued to provide life-saving food, nutrition and livelihood support interventions to vulnerable people of the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, while continuing pilot support to Katsina and Zamfara in the North-West.
