Three years ago, Jelili Adewale, a father of three living in Lagos, needed N100,000 every month to feed his family. Today, he spends more than double with stagnant income.
“I earn N300,000 monthly, but food alone takes up almost N200,000 now,” he says. “That’s nearly 70 percent of my salary gone before we talk about rent, school fees, or transport.”
Jelili’s story is no longer uncommon. Across Nigeria, families are reeling under the weight of food inflation that has turned even basic meals into luxuries. From urban slums in Lagos to farming communities in Benue, the cry is the same: hunger is winning.
In the North-East, where insurgency has lingered for nearly two decades, the World Food Programme (WFP) recently warned that 3.5 million people are at risk of starvation. But hunger has long spread beyond the conflict zones.
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