The United Nations World Food Programme, on Wednesday, unveiled a $2.56bn Country Strategic Plan for Nigeria aimed at addressing hunger and malnutrition in some parts of North-East, North-West and other selected states.
It outlined the states to include Borno, Yobe and Adamawa in the North-East; Sokoto, Zamfara and Katsina in the North-West; as well as Cross River and Taraba states.
The WFP Representative and Country Director, David Stevenson, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, alongside the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo.
Stevenson said the Country Strategic Plan defined the UN agency’s entire portfolio of assistance within the country for 2023 to 2027.
