The number of Nigerians facing food insecurity has increased by 133 percent in three years as poverty deepens in Africa's most populous country.
The figure surged from 63.8 million people between 2014 -2016 to 148.7 million people between 2020 to 2022, according to the 2023 State of Global Food a
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Josephine Okojie and Cynthia Egboboh
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
