Food

HUNGER NOW FAMILY MEMBER OF MANY NIGERIAN HOUSEHOLDS – PETER OBI KNOCKS TINUBU GOVT Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has blasted the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over the increasing poverty and acute hunger in Nigeria. As Nigeria joined other countries of the world on Wednesday to mark this year’s World …

NIGERIA FACING WORSENING FOOD CRISIS LIKE YEMEN, ETHIOPIA – WORLD BANK REPORT The World Bank has stated that Nigeria is facing a worsening food security crisis, with over one million additional people experiencing severe food insecurity in 2024 compared to the previous year. This was contained in the World Bank’s Food Security Update Report released recently while highlighting that countries …

PRICES OF RICE, BEANS, EGG, BREAD STILL HIGH – NBS At the backdrop of significant reductions recorded in the prices of some food commodities since last month, the prices of local rice, beans, egg and bread have remained on steady increases. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its report titled, “Selected Food Price Watch for August 2024” released yesterday, …

PRESIDENT TINUBU FAILS TO IMPLEMENT TARIFF WAIVER AS FOOD PRICES REMAIN HIGH Despite the National Bureau of Statistics inflation data for July and August which showed food inflation eased to 39.53 and 37.52 percent, market realities showed that the prices of food and goods remained high.A market survey shows that a 50-kilogram bag of local or foreign rice is sold …

NO FOOD, NO FUEL, NO POWER, NO FOREX, NO HOPE, BY DELE SOBOWALERight now several millions of Nigerians’ stomachs are empty; and movement has virtually stopped. Unfortunately, it is not only the scarcity of food and high prices which are slowing us down, scarcity of all the things which make life worth living in the new millennium imperil us. Fuel …

FG GIVES TRADERS ONE MONTH DEADLINE TO CRASH PRICES OF GOODS NATIONWIDE The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a one-month ultimatum to traders and market stakeholders to slash prices of goods and services nationwide. Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Tunji Bello, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, warning …

GIVING PALLIATIVES DOES N’OT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE – BODE GEORGE Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday says President Bola Tinubu is being advised by voodoo economists. Speaking on Arise TV, George also frowned at the palliatives being given by the Federal Government across the country, saying it doesn’t make any …

HUNGER AFFECTING BREAST MILK QUALITY, QUANTITY; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING DIFFICULT The mothers in an interview as the Bauchi government, international partners and stakeholders create awareness on exclusive breastfeeding, to mark the 2024 annual World Breastfeeding Week, said that hunger is affecting them seriously. They said due to the current economic situation, they cannot increase their intake of nutrient-dense foods like meat, …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, ASSURES FARMERS OF CONTINUED SUPPORT Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has identified agriculture as a veritable sector for economic development, food security as well as poverty eradication, and expressed commitment to supporting rural farmers with agro inputs and machinery to scale-up their production. Mbah gave the assurance on Thursday when he flagged off the distribution of …

FG SUSPENDS PLAN TO SELL 50KG BAGS OF RICE TO CIVIL SERVANTS The Federal Government has suspended the plan to sell subsidised 50kg bags of rice to civil servants for N40,000. The decision was made known in a circular titled, ‘Withdrawal of Internal Circular on Sale of Subsidized Rice to Public Servants’, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry …