Nigeria is among the countries that will face extreme hunger - World Bank Because of the acute food shortage that the country will experienc...
Nigeria is among the countries that will face extreme hunger - World Bank
Because of the acute food shortage that the country will experience this year as a direct result of climate change, which will force it to endure shorter winters, the World Bank has classified Nigeria as one of the countries that are at risk of famine. This is owing to the fact that climate change will cause the country to experience shorter winters.
Nigeria has entered the ranks of nations such as Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, which are at the forefront of the problem of food shortage, according to a study that has been produced by the World Bank that reveals the list of countries that will fall into the problem of food shortage. They have been going hungry for years as a result of an issue that has been caused by either short winters or wars that have stopped people from being able to farm in their own countries.
The World Bank has issued a study stating that Nigeria is required to adopt preventative steps in order to avert the problem that is currently affecting the population that would be impacted by this crisis.
This is not the first time that Nigeria has dealt with this issue, but this time the country's central bank has expressed concern that the situation will become even more dire between June and November of this year.
According to a report by the World Bank, in addition to Mali, which will experience a major problem with a lack of food, the other nations that will be affected by this situation are Haiti, Sudan, and Burkina Faso.
According to the bank, the states of Borno and Yobe are the first in Nigeria to deal with this issue of food shortage. The bank also stated that the states of Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara, in addition to Kaduna, will follow them in their footsteps.
According to certain estimates that were made public by the Nigerian Statistics Agency in April of last year, food shortages are expected to exceed 24 percent.
