WFP warns millions in Nigeria face extreme hunger without urgent funding

WFP warns millions in Nigeria face extreme hunger without urgent funding
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced in a report on Thursday that it urgently needs USD $128 million to sustain its operations in Nigeria through June, warning that more than a million people in the country’s northeast could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks as violence surges across the nation.

According to JURIST NEWS, the WFP will face food and cash shortfalls immediately, placing emergency food and nutrition activities at risk. The program will be forced to suspend operations in late February if funding is not urgently raised, which would leave millions of people without food and basic life necessities.

The WFP specifically emphasized the humanitarian consequences of the inability to secure financial support, stating, “Without urgent funding, millions will be left without vital support, risking more instability and further deepening a severe hunger crisis.” Notably, 35 million people in Nigeria are facing acute food insecurity; 37 percent of the population lives below the poverty line; and 2.3 million Nigerian citizens have been displaced by violence, causing food insecurity in the northeast parts of the country.