Children are not being left behind as a result of the significant hunger crises that are affecting Nigeria and West Africa.
From di north to di south, east to di west, di tori of how pipo no fit afford to eat properly again because of di high cost of food prices in the market na di same
Many parents remark that it is becoming increasingly difficult to feed their tiny children.
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Many northern Nigerians rely on rice grains that millers typically sell to farmers to feed their fish.
Dem dey name dis kain rice “Afafata” in Hausa, which means “battling,” since it is difficult for them to cook and eat the rice.
“A few years ago, pipo no care about dis kain rice, we dey usually throw am away along with di rice hulls, but times don change,” Isah Hamisu, one rice mill worker for di northern city of Kano, tells BBC.
ired three square meals have become a thing of the past for many people due to the rising expense of food.
“I’ve got three children. Bifor wit N3000, I go cook pot of soup that will be acceptable for us for some days, but now N10,000 no reach to prepare.
Anoda, the trader who sells yam flour, says she chops once a day now. “I no dey chop for morning again, na around 2pm, I dey eat my first meal of di day, by di time I get home for night, I go don tire, I go just drink garri or only water go sleep.”
Purchasing essential food products in Nigeria no longer requires gold. Prices for popular food products such as rice, beans, garri, yam, pasta, flour, and vegetable oil, among others, have skyrocketed, forcing families to adapt their feeding patterns or seek alternatives.
Even though the grains are bad, break easily, and are unclean and hard, the low price at which they are sold makes them more appealing to pipo since they allow impoverished families to afford to chop one of the most common meals for kontri.
As rice becomes less inexpensive, some southwest families resort to beans, a cuisine that is no longer a favorite among many people, and beans have also become a no-go area as prices rise.
“I haven’t chopped rice in a month because it’s too expensive; instead, I resort to beans since I can’t afford rice anymore. I come to the market to buy beans, but the price has doubled from the previous time I came, which was around five days ago.” Mrs Folashade tells BBC.
