The United Nations has called the hunger crisis in northern Nigeria unprecedented, with over 5 million children suffering from acute malnutrition. Northeastern Nigeria, including Borno State, has more than one million people facing hunger. Nearly 31 million Nigerians need urgent food assistance as funding dwindles due to cuts following the Trump administration's actions. The World Food Programme reported that its emergency aid programs may cease due to critical funding shortfalls. Reduced funding and rising prices threaten the progress made against extremist groups, leading to increased food insecurity.
The United Nations has described a looming hunger crisis in northern Nigeria as "unprecedented," with analysts estimating that at least 5 million children are already suffering from acute malnutrition. This is despite northern Nigeria traditionally being the nation's agricultural heartland, producing maize, millet, and sorghum.
Margot van der Velden, Western Africa Regional Director for the World Food Programme, said nearly 31 million Nigerians face acute food insecurity and need life-saving food, just as funds for West and Central Africa are shrinking.
The WFP warned its emergency food aid program would stop by July 31 due to "critical funding shortfalls" and that its food and nutrition stocks "have been completely exhausted."
Dauda Muhammad, a humanitarian coordinator in northeastern Nigeria, emphasized it is a matter of emergency for the government to see what it can do urgently to provide relief, or else there could be an outbreak of conflict.
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