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The World Bank has retained Nigeria alongside Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen as hotspots of global food security concerns. The Bank raised a red flag on the government’s capacity to weather the storm
The World Bank has retained Nigeria alongside Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen as hotspots of global food security concerns. The Bank raised a red flag on the government’s capacity to weather the storm.
It is not the first time Nigeria would feature on the list. But the World Bank’s latest Food Security Update says the countries remain of highest concern for the June to November 2023 outlook. The report obtained from the Bank’s website also elevated Haiti, Sudan, and the Sahel region (Burkina Faso and Mali) to the level “of the highest concern” in the stubbornly-high food inflation economy.
Previously, the World Bank identified Borno and Yobe states as areas where food insecurity could deteriorate to a crisis condition in the year. The two North East states, according to the World Bank, could join western and southern Katsina, northern and southern Sokoto, northern and central Zamfara, and some parts of Kaduna among others hitherto placed on the food crisis watch list.
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Weather extremes remain significant drivers of food insecurity in some countries and regions. The latest report highlights that 81.4 percent of lower-middle-income countries, where Nigeria belongs, are still contending with above five percent food inflation.
