USAID approves $92 million to support humanitarian efforts in Nigeria
Summary
USAID said it has now provided over $291 million in humanitarian assistance this fiscal year.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that it will provide an additional $92 million to support non-governmental agencies (NGOs) assisting people affected by the ongoing conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria's north-eastern region and throughout the Lake Chad Basin, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
The USAID said the new funding will be granted to the United Nations and other NGO partners to help a large number of people receive critically needed humanitarian assistance, including food, water, shelter, and services to address acute hygiene, protection and nutritional needs.
In Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad, the Boko Haram conflict has left over 6.4 million people in need of emergency food assistance, while about 2.6 million people have been displaced from their homes. The United Nations estimates an additional $1 billion is needed to meet the humanitarian needs of people in the region next year.
“The United States calls on other donors to contribute additional humanitarian assistance for the millions of people in the region whose lives have been affected by Boko Haram violence,” the US aid agency said.
With the new funding, the USAID said it has now provided over $291 million in humanitarian assistance this fiscal year to people affected by the Boko Haram-related conflict and other related humanitarian crisis, making it the single largest humanitarian donor to the region.
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