ALBAWABA - According to a report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Nigeria has the largest number of food insecure people globally.
The FAO office in the northeastern city of Maiduguri said that the number of Nigerians facing acute levels of hunger surpasses the 31.8 million mark, with warnings of the situation deteriorating even more if immediate action is not taken.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders - MSF), which operates in seven states across the country, said that their facilities were so overcrowded that children were treated on mattresses on the floor.
MSF reported that 1,250 children were hospitalized at an inpatient therapeutic feeding center in Maiduguri in April, more than double the amount from the same month in 2023.
MSF (Doctors Without Borders) says its facilities in some of the seven states it works in are so overwhelmed that children are being treated in mattresses on the floor.
— Eromo Egbejule (@EromoEgbejule) July 1, 2024
Over 2600 children died of acute malnutrition in northern Nigeria in 2023 alone. https://t.co/xP09mVCGgq