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Food Insecurity: Nigeria now number two worldwide

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Nigeria has further climbed up the ladder, moving from fourth to second among countries with the highest number of people battling with food insecurity in the world, according to a 2024 Global Report on Food Crises.
The report which accounts for 59 countries places Congo DR as the country having the highest number of people facing food insecurity in the world at 25.8 million for a nation with less than 100 million population.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation with over 220 million people has more than 24 million people who are food insecure and plunged into hunger.
Other countries among the top five nations that are faced with food insecurity includes: Sudan, Afghanistan and Ethiopia with 20.29, 19.9 and 19.7 million citizens respectively.
The GRFC highlighted conflict and insecurity, economic shocks and extreme weather conditions as major drivers of food insecurity, noting that in 2023, almost 282 million people of 59 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity requiring urgent interventions.
“A food crisis is a situation where acute food insecurity requires urgent action to protect and save lives and livelihoods at local or national levels and exceeds the local resources and capacities to respond,” the report said.
As of 2016, Nigeria was fourth among countries with the highest number of people facing food insecurity but rose to second in 2017. It however sharply fell to eight positions in 2018.
Fast forward to 2019, Africa’s largest economy dropped again to ninth but lost steam as it rose to sixth in 2020, fifth in 2021 and fourth in 2022 before hitting the second spot in 2023.
“The drivers of food crises are interlinked and mutually reinforcing. Acute food insecurity is rarely driven by a single shock or hazard, but rather by the interaction between shocks and underlying poverty, structural weaknesses and other vulnerability factors,” the report stated.
According to the report, of the 59 countries analysed, 21 of them are facing food insecurity due to economic shocks buoyed by structural weaknesses; 20 of the cases were due to conflict and insecurity while 18 were on account of extreme weather conditions.
Nigeria is presently contending with severe food shortages as food producing regions are plagued with insecurity challenges which have forced farmers off their farms in search for other jobs.
Economic reforms by the government over a year ago – removal of petrol subsidy and devaluation of the naira — have sent prices of the roof, squeezing the already squeezed Nigerians.
These fiscal imbalances have seen the country’s headline inflation surged to 34.19 percent while food prices have continued to rise, leaving many with nothing to eat.
The government, though has rolled out measures to douse the pains of these reforms. However the palliative measures are yet to cool the prices of staples already up in the market.
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Enugu projects: You’re a good thinker, we can go places together – Tinubu tells Gov Mbah

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President Bola Tinubu has commended the Enugu State governor, Mr Peter Mbah over massive infrastructural projects in the state.

Tinubu arrived in Enugu State on Saturday on a working visit to unveil various projects by the state government.

The president, while commending the governor, said: “You’re a good thinker, Mbah. You’re my friend. We can go places together, building Nigeria, building the future, using technology to build and promote investment.

“We must encourage the private sector to come into politics.”

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Special Assistant on Social Media to President Tinubu, Dada Olusegun, disclosed this in a series of posts on X, Saturday.

Dada wrote, “President Bola Tinubu touched down at the Enugu airport on a working visit to commission various projects by the state government.

“He was received by Peter Mbah, the Executive Governor of Enugu State.

“President Bola Tinubu commissions the 135K road in Enugu Metropolis. PBAT says infrastructure is the backbone of development, congratulates Enugu Governor.”

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Addressing Mbah during the event, Tinubu was quoted as saying, “Enugu is achieving great heights. Building our tomorrow, today. A leader like Governor Peter Mbah placing Enugu on the path of 21st-century development.

“You’re a good thinker, Mbah. You’re my friend. We can go places together. Building Nigeria. Building the future. Use technology to build. Promote investment. We must encourage the private sector to come into politics.”

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Sinners, corrupt leaders, false prophets others Won’t Escape God’s Judgement, GKS declares

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The God’s Kingdom Society (GKS) worldwide has rounded-off the 2024 Christian activities of the Church with the Christian Feast of Tabernacles.

Addressing the large turn-out of the Feast celebrants and invited guests during the ‘Last and Great Day Holy Convocation’ at St. Urhobo Square, Headquarters of GKS Warri, Delta State, the GKS president, Brother Felix Ekundayo Adedokun said that sinners, corrupt leaders, false prophets, cultists, kidnappers, perpetrators of evil and wars won’t escape God’s judgement unless they repent.

Brother Adedokun further said that God appointed judges in those days with a purpose to ensure peaceful co-existence, unity and stability of the nation of Israel, but people continue to pervert justice thereby creating more problems for mankind.

He noted that nearly all parts of the world have been engulfed with crisis, wars, chaotic situations, poor leadership, greed and wickedness.

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Brother Adedokun stated that when our Lord Jesus Christ was on earth, He made it clear that God has committed all judgement to him, adding that he who rejected the Word of God and continues in evil way shall be condemned on the last day.

He disclosed that God has set up ‘His Kingdom Organizations’ in different parts of the world for the purpose of pronouncing the judgement of God on the nations as well to execute judgement upon the heathen and punishment upon the people.

In his message, “Why Judgement And Purgation Are Much More Necessary in the Service of God” the GKS president warns all those who have been called to serve in His Holy Organization in this age should be serious with the work lest they suffer dire consequences for judgement must begin in the House of God.

According to him “The judgement is purely spiritual and is unlike what obtains in the courts of the world. Those who hear the truth and are obedient to the Word of God until the end will receive favourable judgement from God. But those who do not believe the truth but have pleasure in unrighteousness will be damned, as they will receive adverse judgement. He shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth.”

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He affirmed that the Last Day refers to the last period of Satan’s existence on earth following the enthronement of our Lord Jesus Christ as King of God’s Kingdom and the Devil and all his agents of unrighteousness will be destroyed.

“Any Church Organization where there is no judgement based on the truth, is not a true Church. The true Church therefore must warn, condemn and expose those given to sin: fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, and abusers of themselves with mankind (homosexual), thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers, and extortions among others.”

“The true Church will oppose the works of the flesh which St. Paul said include adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying and such likes must be made clear that those who indulge in such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God” he added.

The GKS president urged those entrusted with administration of the Kingdom in this age must work hard to maintain their stand against the devil and his hosts, adding that God shall judge the righteous and the wicked for there is a time for every purpose and every work.

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The GKS president who quoted several bible passages said that man must be ready to promote peaceful co-existence, love, good work, help fellow men that are in need and Christians should give themselves to righteousness and things that uplift their fellow men in any organization they belong.

He stated that Christians should ensure they seek things that will promote the name of God and His Church, instead of getting entangled in talebearing, rumour mongering, false witnessing, corruption, cultism, treachery and all such likes vices should repent and do the will of God at all times.

The eight days Christian festival featured various spiritually-filled bible lectures by the GKS ministers, while the GKS faithful were entertained with various Christian music including choral dances from GKS different branches during the festival period attended by over 100 branches of the Church.

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Borno offers farmers subsidised petrol, sells at N600/litre

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Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno State says his administration will now subsidise petrol so that it sells at N600/litre to farmers in the state.

The governor made the announcement on Friday during a ceremony for farmers aimed at distributing farming equipment to them.

Reiterating his announcement, in a statement on Saturday, Abdurrahman Bundi, media aide to Zulum said, “The initiative is aimed to alleviate the financial burdens faced by farmers in communities that have suffered economic and infrastructural destruction due to years of conflict.”

Bundi said the state will procure petrol and sell at the subsidised rate to farmers. “One of the major challenges that are facing the farming communities here as regards irrigation farming is the increasing cost of fuel.”

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He revealed the intention of Borno State to procure petroleum products and sell to farmers at a subsidised rate, in order to ease the input costs of farmers.

“As a result, I want to announce to the general public that the government will procure petroleum products and sell to the farmers at a subsidised rate,” he said.

According to him, a litre of petrol which is being sold in Maiduguri at the rate of about N1,200, will henceforth be sold for N600/litre for irrigation farmers in Borno this season.

Bundi noted that the governor distributed farm materials, including 2,000 bags of blended NPK fertiliser, 1,000 units of water pumps, and 620 units of gasoline pumps to farmers.

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Also, other materials like 380 units of solar water pumps, 1,000 units of sprayers, 800 rolls of 2-inch flexible hose, and 1,000 litres of pesticides and seeds were distributed to farmers in the state.

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