The United Nations (UN), on Thursday, launched a $1.3 billion appeal fund to sponsor humanitarian assistance in the Northeast.
UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, who stated this at a news conference on Thursday in New York said that the fund will help six million people severely affected by conflict, disease, and disaster in northeast Nigeria.
“In Nigeria, today we launched a 1.3 billion dollars appeal to help six million people in the north-east of the country, more specifically in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states.
“This is half a million more people than we tried to help in 2022,“
The Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, said the large-scale humanitarian and protection crisis in the three states shows no sign of abating. Some 2.4 million people are in acute need – impacted by conflict, disease, and disaster.
“Women and girls are the hardest hit, making up more than 80 percent of people in need of humanitarian assistance across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
“Child malnutrition is escalating and the already high levels of severe acute malnutrition are projected to more than double, from 300,000 children impacted last year to a projected 697,000 children this year.
’’Without urgent action, 4,000 people in Bama, Borno state, are expected to face such catastrophic conditions as starvation, death, destitution, and extremely critical acute malnutrition levels become prevalent, OCHA said.
