Chuks Okocha in Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to take urgent steps to address the worsening food insecurity and the attendant hunger and starvation across the nation.
The PDP lamented that under Buhari, over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals due to the failure of the administration to take practical steps to grow and protect the food sector, thereby leading to severe food scarcity with prices soaring beyond the reach of Nigerians.
In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said that due to the misrule of the APC government, the country now ranks as 98 out of 107 in Global Hunger Index, with an agonising food shortage, collapsed purchasing power; alarming 33.3 per cent unemployment and 22.95 per cent food inflation rates as well as increased morbidity and mortality rates.