Banditry in the North could lead to food crisis —AFAN warns

THE All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has said that the banditry especially in the Northern part of the country capable of deepening hunger crisis in the country. The National President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN)  Arc. Kabir Ibrahim said close to 95 per cent of people in the northern region depends on agriculture, but cannot access their farmers, due to insecurity occasioned by banditry. “The incessant banditry in the North is a serious risk factor to the attainment of food sustainability and the ultimate attainment of Food Security.

“The banditry against the farmers in the North portends danger and causing hunger and poverty because the region is nearly 95% Agrarian. “The fragility in the region will give rise to looming hunger in the entire country if something is not done decisively to stem it.

“The bandits will also suffer the pangs of hunger when it sets in and therefore it is a dire situation even for the perpetrators as well. Ibrahim faulted the government’s claims that food security has been achieved in the country. He said the claims were only mere media propaganda which government’s agents had continued to promote, while there was no evidence to show any atom of seriousness. He, however, called on governments at all levels to begin to March words  with appropriate actions, if food security must be achieved.

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