A report by Cadre Harmonise, CH has revealed that about 28.4 million Nigerians in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT may face acute food challenges as naira scarcity, fuel scarcity and insurgency bites harder.
The CH report which covers March 2023 picked data from Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Cadre Harmonise is an international tool used by renowned international organisations like ECOWAS, United Nations agencies (FAO, WFP and UNICEF), and non-governmental organizations (ACF, Save the Children, Oxfam) to measure analyses of current and projected food and nutrition situations.
The report which covered 26 states of Nigeria and the capital, Abuja, indicated that the crisis will also affect about 18,000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs between June and August 2023.