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Add to Preferred SourcesThe United Nations says it has set up a new fund, to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the northeast region of the country.
The Nigeria humanitarian fund (NHF), with $10.5 million allocation is expected to help thousands of women, children and men in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance. The Boko Haram insurgents group has carried out series of attacks in the Northeastern region of the country, displacing millions of people.
UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon says the $10.5 million allocation by the new fund – NHF – would prioritise life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable, and also expand the humanitarian assistance provided by the UN and partners to the hard-to-reach and newly accessible areas.
“The humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s north-east and the Lake Chad region is one of the most severe in the world today,” he said.
“There are 8.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the three worst-affected Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe alone. Of them, 6.9 million people are targeted for humanitarian assistance. To date the NHF has received $25 million in contributions and pledges, thanks to the generous support of Sweden, Germany, Norway, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, the Arab Gulf Program for Development, Azerbaijan, Malta and Sri Lanka.
The Nigeria Humanitarian Fund contributes to the overall international humanitarian appeal for Nigeria this year for 1.05 billion dollars as detailed in the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan.
Original source: TV360 Nigeria.
Posted on 1 August 2017.