Nigeria

Conflict and insecurity, rising inflation and the impact of the climate crisis continue to drive hunger in Nigeria – with 30.6 million people facing acute hunger.

Conflict  in the northeast has displaced 2.3 million people and left nearly 5 million facing acute food insecurity and limited access to assistance  in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. Three million of them are in Borno State, the epicentre of insurgency.

Nigeria is subject to periodic droughts and floods. This has had an adverse impact on agricultural output and increased the vulnerability of populations, especially in rural areas.

Insurgent activities have added pressure to a fragile resource environment, deepened insecurity, hampered development, and heightened the food and nutrition insecurity of vulnerable women and children.

The World Food Programme has been holding hunger at bay in northern Nigeria, reaching more than 1.3 million people with life-saving assistance and reducing malnutrition admissions among children in areas it supports.

However, our food and nutrition programmes are on the verge of suspension in conflict-affected communities from August, due to critical funding shortfalls. Without urgent support, life-saving assistance will halt at a time of record need.