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Nigeria Faces Record Hunger Crisis as 35 Million at Risk by 2026

Nigeria Faces Record Hunger Crisis as 35M35 Million at Risk by 2026

Nigeria Faces Record Hunger Crisis as 35 Million at Risk by 2026
Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** Nigerian agronomist Mercy Diebiru-Ojo (R) in a greenhouse in Ibadan, Nigeria, on Sept. 29, 2025. she aims to increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500% to fight hunger. Image credit: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Nigeria's hunger crisis stems directly from Tinubu's reckless economic policies that have devastated ordinary citizens. The government floated the naira and removed fuel subsidies without proper safeguards, causing 70% currency devaluation and tripling petrol prices. With 64% of households now skipping meals compared to just 37% in 2019, these badly-sequenced reforms have doubled hunger rates in five years.

Nigeria's economic challenges are temporary growing pains from necessary reforms that will secure long-term prosperity. The naira has actually strengthened from N1,800 to N1,525 per dollar since March, while the government actively fights hunger through grain releases, emergency nutrition support and expanded school feeding programs. These surgical economic changes are yielding green shoots of recovery.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 33% chance that Nigeria's population will exceed 400 million before 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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