The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof Olusola Kehinde, on Thursday, said Nigeria is sitting on the keg of gun power following the challenge of food crisis and hunger in the land
The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof Olusola Kehinde, on Thursday, said Nigeria is sitting on the keg of gun power following the challenge of food crisis and hunger in the land.
Quoting statistics to drive home his point, Kehinde said 18.6million Nigerians are facing acute hunger, while 43.7million are showing crisis-level hunger coping strategies as at March 2024.
“It is abundantly evident that we have a ticking time bomb in our hands, and are also sitting on a keg of gun powder,” the VC said while delivering a paper
at the Annual Colloquium of the Ogun state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.
The Colloquium has as its theme “Galvanising Public and Private Stakeholders Towards Addressing Food Crisis in Nigeria: Public Relations As Key Driver.”
Kehinde said that with the fast-approaching 2030 deadline for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals – one of which is ‘Zero Hunger’, Nigeria must roll up its sleeves and get even more ‘focusedly busy’ in dismantling all roadblocks in achieving this goal.
