Yara ‘yan Najeriya 420,000 na fuskantar barazanar rashin abinci mai gina jiki a bana – UNICEF

Asusun Kula da Yara na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya (UNICEF) ya gargadi cewa idan ba a ɗauki matakan gaggawa ba, yara 420,000 na iya mutuwa daga cikin yara miliyan 3.5 da ke fama da matsanancin ƙarancin abinci mai gina jiki a Nijeriya.

Wakiliyar UNICEF a Nijeriya, Wafaa Elfadil Saeed Abdelatef ce ta yi wannan gargadin a lokacin ziyararta ofishin UNICEF na Maiduguri a ranar Alhamis, kamar yadda jaridar Daily Trust ta ruwaito.

“Nijeriya na da yara miliyan 15 ‘yan ƙasa da shekara biyar da ke fama da ƙarancin abinci mai gina jiki, kuma yara miliyan 3.5 na cikin haɗarin kamuwa da matsanancin ƙarancin abinci mai gina jiki. Daga cikin waɗannan yara miliyan 3.5, yara 420,000 za su iya mutuwa a shekarar 2025 idan babu wani sauyi.

“Kashi 40 cikin ɗari na yara ‘yan ƙasa da shekaru biyar na da matsalar rashin girma — wato rashin samun cikakken girman jiki da kuma yin wayau da wuri hankali idan ba a ɗauki mataki yanzu ba,” in ji ta.

Abdelatef ta ce sai an hanzarta samar da kuɗi da kayan abinci na cikin gida da kuma faɗaɗa cibiyoyin jinya, idan ba haka ba Nijeriya na iya rasa dubban ɗaruruwan yara ta hanyar yunwa, cututtukan da za a iya kauce musu, da kuma rashin kulawa.

Ta ƙara da cewa yankin Arewa maso Gabas na ci gaba da fama da rikicin jinƙai inda mutane fiye da miliyan 4.5 ke cikin matsananciyar buƙatar tallafi.