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WFP warns $130 million shortfall could force suspension of aid in northeast Nigeria; region faces steep cuts
Summary
Margot Van der Velden, World Food Programme regional director for West and Central Africa, told a UN Correspondents Association briefing that WFP faces critical funding shortfalls that could force suspension of operations in northeast Nigeria in August and leave millions across the region without life-saving assistance.
Margot Van der Velden, Regional Director for the World Food Programme (WFP) in West and Central Africa, said at a United Nations Correspondents Association briefing that the agency urgently needs $130 million to sustain operations in Nigeria for the next six months or face suspending assistance in August.
Van der Velden said the shortfall would affect “over 1,300,000 people” who would lose life‑saving food assistance and nutrition support in northeast Nigeria and that “300,000 children” are at immediate risk of severe acute malnutrition if funding does not arrive. She added that roughly “31,000,000 people are facing acute food insecurity” in Nigeria and that WFP’s capacity in the West and Central Africa region has dropped by about 60 percent compared with last…
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