A recent report from the Cadre Harmonisé (CH) reveals that over 30 million people in Nigeria, including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs...
A recent report from the Cadre Harmonisé (CH) reveals that over 30 million people in Nigeria, including Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are projected to face food insecurity or worse between June and August 2025.
The CH, a food and nutrition assessment prepared by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security with technical assistance from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and other partners, conducts biannual analyses across these regions. The report estimates that 33.1 million Nigerians will face food insecurity by August 2025, up from 24.8 million by the end of this year.
Daily Struggle reports that Nigerians continue to grapple with rising living costs, exacerbated by recent economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidies and the float of the naira under President Bola Tinubu's administration.
“Several factors are driving this trend, but most prominently are economic hardship coupled with record high inflation, a record rise in food prices and record high transportation costs,” a statement accompanying the report said.
On the key drivers of the food and nutrition insecurity, the report identified high prices of foodstuffs and non-food items as impacting household’s food consumption and livelihoods.
“Insecurity (insurgency, kidnapping, banditry) impacting the livelihoods of the households; Continuous increase of fuel prices impacting the livelihoods of the households”, the report added.
Reuters quoted Chi Lael, World Food Programme spokesperson in Nigeria as saying that “economic decisions to strengthen the country in the long term, in the short term have felt like a direct attack on people’s wallets, hitting hardest every time they try to buy food.”
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