A University don of the Dept of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Dr. Abiola has warned that except adequate mitigation steps are taken by government and concerned bodies, the food shortage come 2026 would be unbearable.
He gave this warning during an interview today at Ibadan.
According to him, several factors including insecurity, land inadequacy for farming, bad roads, climate change, open grazing, among several others, were already multiplying more than ever before in readiness for a showdown in the following year. Re
Recall that northern governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe and Yobe also recently raised an alarm on the imminent food crisis.
Recent statistics also revealed that not less than 31m Nigerians suffer hunger while another 1.3m die yearly from causes related to the scourge.
The US government also recently granted food aid worth $32.5m to Nigeria to support about 764,205 deprived Nigerians but Abiola says the grant might come with selfish undertone.
