{"id":255,"date":"2024-06-10T15:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=255"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:32:35","slug":"hunger-in-nigeria-could-lead-to-anarchy-methodist-bishop-warns-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/hunger-in-nigeria-could-lead-to-anarchy-methodist-bishop-warns-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger in Nigeria Could Lead to Anarchy-Methodist Bishop Warns FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha of the Methodist Church Nigeria has issued a stark warning to the Federal government and political class about the potential for widespread unrest due to the growing hunger crisis in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a message titled \u201cListen to the Cries of the Poor Now to Avert Anarchy,\u201d Bishop Onuoha highlighted the severe food insecurity affecting many Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Bishop emphasized that numerous Nigerians are starving with no hope of securing their next meal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged both federal and state governments to move beyond rhetoric and implement effective economic policies to address the dire situation and alleviate the suffering of the masses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He expressed grave concern that many families in Nigeria struggle to feed even once a day, with some unsure of where their next meal will come from.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bishop Onuoha stressed the urgent need for the government to introduce measures to control the rising prices of food and other essential commodities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The faces of hungry Nigerians now look scary and unfriendly because of sustained hunger,&#8221; he observed, noting that the visible anger and frustration among the population could lead to major social upheavals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The look on people\u2019s faces daily portrays anger, vexation, and hunger. Nigerians are passing through a lot to meet the daily demands of their families.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Drawing from his interactions with people over the past months, Bishop Onuoha underscored the desperate need for immediate action to provide a lifeline for Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also called on the political class to recognize the discontent among the populace due to the widespread hunger and take swift, decisive action to address the crisis.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Bishop Sunday Ndukwo Onuoha of the Methodist Church Nigeria has issued a stark warning to the Federal government and political class about the potential for widespread unrest due to the growing hunger crisis in the country. In a message titled \u201cListen to the Cries of the Poor Now to Avert Anarchy,\u201d Bishop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[155,98,18,152,154,153],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bishop","tag-government","tag-hardship","tag-hunger","tag-people","tag-starvation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}