{"id":46692,"date":"2026-08-01T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46692"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:36:10","slug":"torit-commissioner-seeks-urgent-humanitarian-response-after-3-children-die-of-hunger-in-ofi-payam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/torit-commissioner-seeks-urgent-humanitarian-response-after-3-children-die-of-hunger-in-ofi-payam\/","title":{"rendered":"Torit Commissioner seeks urgent humanitarian response after 3 children die of hunger in Ofi Payam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ijoo Bosco <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Caretaker Commissioner of Torit County, Eddy William Ponsiano, has appealed for an urgent humanitarian assessment and emergency food intervention in Ofi Payam following the reported deaths of three children from hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Ponsiano described the deaths as a devastating consequence of the worsening food insecurity facing communities in the area, calling on humanitarian agencies and government authorities to respond immediately before the crisis claims more lives.<\/p>\n<p>The children, identified as Hidita Tension, Ingirim Jackline, and Okuye Omoliha, reportedly died on Wednesday evening after prolonged food shortages.<\/p>\n<p>According to the commissioner, the victims were aged 2, 15, and 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the tragedy to poor harvests caused by prolonged drought, which has left many households without adequate food and pushed vulnerable families into severe hunger.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner urged humanitarian organisations and relevant government institutions to urgently assess conditions in Ofi Payam and provide emergency food assistance to affected residents.<\/p>\n<p>Ponsiano warned that unless swift action is taken, the humanitarian situation could deteriorate further, placing more children and vulnerable people at risk of starvation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco The Caretaker Commissioner of Torit County, Eddy William Ponsiano, has appealed for an urgent humanitarian assessment and emergency food intervention in Ofi Payam following the reported deaths of three children from hunger. Ponsiano described the deaths as a devastating consequence of the worsening food insecurity facing communities<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/torit-commissioner-seeks-urgent-humanitarian-response-after-3-children-die-of-hunger-in-ofi-payam\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Torit-Commissioner-.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46694,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46692\/revisions\/46694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}