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Hunger Bites Sierra Leoneans Deep

Alusine Fullah

 Sierra Leone is among the poorest nations in the world. The population faces many challenges, ranging from poor sanitation services to rampant hunger. The majority of Sierra Leone families nowadays are extremely suffering under the Bio’s administration due to the skyrocketed of basic commodities across the country thereby unpopularizing the government and the people. Even locally produced foodstuffs, which are supposed to be cheap and affordable, are shockingly expensive. “Sierra Leoneans are suffering Mr. President; those that are responsible to popularized and implements your projects are the same people sabotaging the New Direction government by working with corrupt officials across the country in the name of nepotism and tribes.

The percentage of Sierra Leoneans who supper from hunger is becoming unbecoming. The proportion of people who suffer from hunger was one of 8 millennium development goals adopted in the year 2000 following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations. Sierra Leone was one of 189 UN Member States who agreed to try to achieve these goals by the year 2015. Governments have come and go, but the fight against hunger remains unsolved. Over 80% of Sierra Leoneans are currently living below the poverty line. According to the United Nations Development Programme, it is vivid that Sierra Leone is not one of the countries to come even close to achieving that goal.

Despite the interventions of several organizations like World Food Programme, Action against Hunger and the Food and Agriculture Organization, hunger still bites deep on the lives of Sierra Leoneans. Yes, globally, zero hunger is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted in September, 2015. It is expected that this new set of goals will have been met by 2030, which gives Sierra Leone less than fourteen years to take another crack at improving the hunger situation.