Hunger in a country known for agriculture.

[Dewi Aries]

What has hit the Nigerian people is because of the greedy and corrupt behavior of its leaders who only prioritize their personal and group interests without caring about the fate of their people. If a country is led by a greedy leader, no matter how great its natural resources are, its people will definitely be poor or hungry, as happened in Nigeria.

Yes, I am sure that what you said is the cause of the downturn experienced by the people there, or what it means is the cause of the increase in poverty is because the officials or people who have power who always act greedy in any way which may be one of them the level of corruption there is quite high, and the impact will clearly be felt by the small community.

No matter if for example they are in a country that is rich in natural resources but still greed will make everything unfair, there is no welfare if there are still high-ranking government officials who always maintain greed in themselves, there will be no justice for all its people and what happens is that the rich will even get richer.

[Vinaa77]

Proper management of natural resources is the key to this problem, because it is useless even though the country has abundant natural resources but the government cannot manage them properly. My country has abundant natural resources (such as gold, nickel and agriculture) but there are still many people who live below the poverty line. This means that the government's role in managing natural resources is also very important.

Indeed, it is very important to manage it well so that they can make good use of what they have and it is truly a shame if they have good natural resources but do not manage them well, of course this is very detrimental to themselves, so I think in this case It has become the government's responsibility to be able to properly manage the natural products they have so that they can achieve a good life and if they can be managed well, of course people will be able to enjoy their own natural products and economic turnover will also increase.

[Princess Leah]

Nigeria is country that is well known as a typical agricultural nation which was once the mainstay to the country economy and because of the agricultural strength of the country compel them to have their flag as Green White Green which signify agriculture and peace but it baffles me to see the level of hunger going on in Nigeria now to the extend that an average Nigerian cannot boast of feeding himself and family three square meal per day.
What could be the root cause of this hunger in a country that has all it takes including human capitals and natural resources to make a great nation that the whole would will cherish and envy.

It's so sad to hear things like this is discussed about Nigeria because like the OP said, "Nigeria is a typical agricultural nation" and shouldn't be lacking behind in that sector. Who would even believe that Nigeria blessed with national resources, including good soil for farming and human resources would get to a point when hunger and starvation is becoming viral.

 If you research you'll find out that Nigeria is one of the largest producers of cassava, yam, palm products and even livestocks but then the prices of those items in the market are terrible especially the processed cassava commonly known by Nigerians as Garri not to talk about egg or even rice that's largely produced in the Northern part of the country but then an average Nigerian can't afford a bag of rice.

 As a Nigerian you'll begin to ask yourself, how did we get to this point? Cause there were times when those items were very cheap and affordable and the economy was stable, people could afford three square meals and even have enough to give to others but Currently it's gradually becoming survival of the fittest, it all falls back to bad governance, wicked politicians looting public funds to stay richer and allowing the poor to remain poorer.