Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has stated that short-term measures, comparable to grain procurement fall wanting the excellent motion wanted to handle the starvation disaster within the nation.
He stated the nationwide and state governments should act decisively to handle the reason for the disaster.
Atiku stated a extra holistic and sustainable strategy is essential, together with bolstering safety measures to make sure protected entry to meals.
He stated, “I’m profoundly disheartened by the escalating starvation disaster engulfing tens of millions of Nigerian kids, a quantity that has now swelled to roughly 4.4 million, as reported by the World Meals Programme (WFP).
“Madina Maishanu’s current BBC report paints a harrowing image of the plight confronted by households in Katsina state. Her brave journalism illuminates the cruel realities endured by our most weak communities.
“Our nationwide and state governments should act decisively to handle the reason for this disaster. Brief-term measures, comparable to grain procurement, are mere band-aids and fall woefully wanting the excellent motion wanted.
“A extra holistic and sustainable strategy is essential, together with bolstering safety measures to make sure protected entry to meals. The federal government should prioritize long-term methods to curb meals inflation, improve safety, and stabilize the foreign exchange fee, thereby safeguarding meals safety for all Nigerians.
“Particularly, the federal government of Katsina state should heed professional recommendation, put money into agricultural growth, assist our farmers, and implement measures to stop additional displacement of communities.
“Additionally it is very important to collaborate with humanitarian organizations and the worldwide neighborhood to mitigate the affect of this disaster and work in direction of a brighter, safer future for all Nigerians,” he stated.
