The United Nations Children’s Fund has predicted that about 300,000 children in the north-eastern part of Nigeria are likely to die of acute malnutrition in 2021.
In a statement on Friday, UNICEF also said over 800,000 children in the North-East were expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the course of the year.
WADR's Usman Umar in Abuja, tells us more: