In a troubling New Year message, the All Farmer Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has warned of a looming food crisis in 2025, urging citizens to prepare for tough times ahead.

AFAN hinged the warning on the macroeconomic instability arising from currency volatility, insecurity and climate change.

Its National President, Kabir Ibrahim, in a New Year message said: ?Nigeria is on the cusp of experiencing a major catastrophe of food insecurity if extreme care is not taken judging from the macroeconomic instability arising from currency volatility, in- security, climate change and inequity.?

However, Ibrahim emphasised the urgent need for the country to prioritise food sufficiency, particularly during the crucial first quarter of the year.

According to Kabir, who doubles as the President of Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG), the government and stake- holders, farmers must coalesce to get Nigeria out of the stranglehold of hunger and extreme poverty.

?I believe we will be able to evolve a strategy to make Nigeria semi-food sufficient in the short-term within 2025 and in the medium-term in 2027 and finally attain sustainable food security in 2030. It may appear ambitious but evidently doable through a collective resolve to extricate our country from looming existential challenges,? he said. (Daily Sun)