The United Nations has donated $20 million to help address challenges of food security and nutrition in North-East Nigeria.
The Head, Public Information, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Nigeria, Ann Weru, disclosed the donation in a statement on Tuesday.
Weru said the fund support was from the Central Response Fund and the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund.
She said the CERF fund would be voucher support for 95,000 people who are extremely affected by food insecurity in three Borno towns.
Weru noted “In support of government efforts, some $9 million in CERF funding and a complimentary $11 million NHF allocation will go towards a coordinated multi-sectoral response aimed at preventing a deterioration to famine or famine-like conditions.
“Almost 700,000 children under five are likely to suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states in 2023.
“This is more than double the number of SAM cases in 2022 and four times the number of cases in 2021.”
