Food Security: UN to spend $20 million to feed hungry Nigerians

The United Nations has allocated $20 million to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the North-East.
UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York.
“With nine million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and $11 million from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, we will support the government-led response efforts across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. Assistance includes […] ready-to-eat food, access to clean water, health care and agriculture support,’’ he said.
According to humanitarian partners, almost 700,000 children under five are likely to suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition this year in this region and more than half a million people may face emergency levels of food insecurity during the lean season from June to August.
Mr Haq said that the emergency funding would help jumpstart the response, but humanitarian partners need more to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition.
“The $1.3 billion humanitarian response plan for Nigeria is only 26 per cent funded,’’ he said.
Updating journalists on Sudan, the deputy spokesperson said the humanitarian community continued to deliver live saving support to the people.
He said that Tuesday, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) had facilitated the movement of at least 388 trucks carrying life-saving assistance to various parts of the country.
This includes reaching more than 375,000 people in North, South, East and Central Darfur. People continue to seek refuge from the fighting in Sudan in neighbouring countries. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that more than 500,000 people had now fled across Sudan’s borders to escape the violence.
(NAN)
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette

Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

NationWide
NBC scraps annual digital TV access fee
The National Broadcasting Commission says Nigerians will no longer pay annual Digital Access Fees under the renewed Digital Switch Over project.

Economy
TransDigm abandons acquisition of Stellant Systems after DOJ’s decision to block transaction
TransDigm Group has abandoned its attempt to acquire rival defence and industrial component manufacturer Stellant Systems.

Abuja
Trump pressures Tinubu on terror prosecutions, protection for Christians
The U.S. pressed the Nigerian government to do more to protect Christians from attacks, and that greater efforts and resources must be allocated to the safe return of IDPs.

Abuja
COREN Assembly: Tinubu seeks strong regulation, sanctions
Mr Tinubu said this at the opening of the 34th Engineering Assembly of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria in Abuja.

Heading 1
U.S. indicts bulletproof hosting firms Medialand, ML.Cloud, three Russians for cybercrime, wire fraud, money laundering
According to the indictment, 42 victims in 21 states were targeted by criminal groups who used Medialand’s and ML.Cloud’s services.

World
FULL LIST: 23 countries U.S. warns citizens not to visit
President Donald Trump’s administration listed 23 nations deemed too dangerous for U.S. citizens to visit.





