We Will Not Allow Nigerians To Die Of Hunger – Buhari

 The presidential spokesman noted that since his coming to office, the President has fully mobilised state mechanisms to deal with the problems, an effort which  needs to be appreciated.
The presidency, however, expressed  concern over what it described as the blatant attempts to whip up a nonexistent fear of mass starvation by some aid agencies, saying it is a type of hype that does not provide solution to the situation on the ground but more to do with calculations for operations financing locally and abroad.

Shehu said, “In a recent instance, one arm of the United Nations screamed that 100,000 people will die due to starvation next year. A different group says a million will die.

“There can be no doubt that the effect of the Boko Haram terrorism and their occupation of communities and destruction of houses, infrastructure and means of livelihood has been manifested in the decline of socio-economic activities throughout the North-East.

“Arising from this, farming, pastoralism, trade, exchange of goods and services and social interaction among the people have negatively been impacted leading to the displacement of more than two million people, mostly women and children. Consequently, there is death, there is hunger and there is poor nutrition.”