20.8% of Nigerian households borrow food to eat – NBS report

The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that 20.8 per cent of Nigerian households resorted to borrowing food or seeking help from friends and relatives to survive over the past 30 days. This finding is contained in the General Household Survey-Panel Wave 5 (2023/2024), supported by the World Bank. It reveals the grim state of food insecurity across the country. According to the report, 65.8 per cent of households were unable to afford healthy, nutritious, or preferred meals due to financial difficulties, while 63.8 per cent relied on a limited variety of foods. A further 62.4 per cent of households admitted to being anxious about running out of food, with 60.5 per cent saying they ate less than they should. Alarmingly, 12.3 per cent reported that at least, one member of their household went an entire day without food. - Are they going to distribute the money from the open-lie governmet debts street by stret?