By Henry Umoru
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, yesterday, said that the growing hunger of Nigerian citizens will get worse unless the people elect leaders who have citizens’ welfare at heart.
The former Anambra State governor, while reacting to the United Nations World Food Programme, WFP, statement that over 17 million Nigerians in the North are at risk of acute hunger, said that Nigeria is a food basket and only an incompetent leadership can drag the country into what he desribed as a horrible situation.
Obi wrote on his X handle: “The recent report from the UN about the impending food crisis in northern Nigeria is disheartening, more so because it is avoidable. Northern Nigeria is the nation’s food basket, and nothing short of incompetent and irresponsible leadership could have created this tragedy.
“In a recent post on his X handle, he urged our national leaders to reassess their priorities and address the dire circumstances facing our citizens. He called on the Federal Government and state leaders to move beyond mere political discourse and make transparent, upfront investments to secure agricultural corridors, support smallholder farmers with accessible resources, and collaborate vigorously with organisations like the WFP to bridge funding gaps before this crisis escalates and claims more lives, especially those of children.
