Approximately 64 million Nigerians are at risk of requiring emergency food and nutritional assistance due to various factors such as rising inflation, climate change, and other challenges, as stated by the World Bank. The United Nations World Food Programme reports that currently, 24.8 million Nigerians suffer from acute hunger, highlighting the worsening food insecurity and widespread deprivation.

The World Bank's food security update, titled "Food security update: World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity," reveals these figures and warns that about 107.5 million people in West Africa and Central Africa are in a stressed zone and could face a food crisis if additional shocks occur during the current farming season.

This new figure of 64 million is nearly double the prediction made by Oxfam, ALIMA, and Save the Children, who warned that food crises in West Africa could impact people in Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria, affecting approximately 27 million individuals.

The report also highlights that the number of people experiencing crisis and severe acute food insecurity is the highest on record since the Global Report on Food Crises began in 2017. The World Bank attributes food price inflation, which limits households' ability to access sufficient nutritious food, to persistent trade barriers, high transport costs, repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and currency depreciation in coastal countries.

source; punchng.com
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