The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu over what he described as worsening food insecurity in the country despite ongoing agricultural interventions.
Obi made the remarks in a statement released on Thursday via his official X handle.
“Despite Three Years of Tinubu’s Food Emergency, Nigeria hungriest ranking index declined to among the worst nations globally,” he said.
“In celebrating his supposed successful three years in office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu listed some achievements in the agricultural sector, firstly, his declaration of emergency on food security in July 2923, followed by the acquisition of 2,000 tractors and 9,000 farming implements, stated as Nigeria’s largest agricultural mechanisation programme.
“Yet the outcome of this has been the opposite. Nigeria’s hunger index has worsened significantly. Nigeria’s hunger index ranking was 103rd out of 123 countries surveyed in 2022/2023, and this figure had since worsened to 115th out of 123 countries surveyed in 2025/2026.
“Consequently, Nigeria is now classified among the world’s most hungry or food-insecure nations in the world, with the World Bank forecasting that 33 million Nigerians could experience severe hunger.
“In fact, Nigeria has the highest number of hungry people in the world.
“I have always maintained that Nigeria have no reason to be seen among the hungriest nations in the world when we have fast, uncultivated land in the north, which is our greatest asset today.
“We must transparently invest in Agricultural production, which will guarantee food security, but create huge employment,” the NDC presidential candidate said.
