Food Insecurity: Charity Organization Rounds Up Monthly Nutrition Support Outreach, Calls For Stakeholders Intervention
Zaks Foundation for Humanity (ZFH), an Abuja-based Non Governmental Organization (NGO), has rounded off it monthly Nutritional Assistance Program (NAP) for the most vulnerable people for the month of June, 2023. Speaking at the penultimate distribution of the food packages in Karu, a suburb of Abuja, on the 27 of June, 2023, the Chairman of the NGO Mr Aliyu Ahmed lamented the worsening food insecurity and hunger pervading the entire country. Mr. Aliyu stated further: “as millions of Muslims in Nigeria will be celebrating Eid al Adha, also known as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” let us take time to reflect on the millions that are going through food insecurity and hunger around the country” According to him, “ Nigeria ranks as number 103rd out of the 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index with a score of 27.3%”. This, according to him, is a level of hunger that is serious, unacceptable and yet is often ignored or neglected. According to Mr Aliyu Ahmed, ZFH has been at the forefront