The United Nations (UN) requires no less than $1.1 billion ((N505 billion) to implement 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 4.1 million people in Northeast. Nigeria.
According to the UN, the sought for funds; was to address the humanitarian needs of people affected by the 13-year conflict in the region.
UN Spokesman, Stephane Dujarrie, yesterday (Wednesday) at news conference in New York, U.S, said: “Only 37% of the $1.1 billion would be required to fund the seeks funding to implement humanitarian plan for Northeast The United Nations said funding was required to implement the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) to address the humanitarian needs of people in Northeast Nigeria.
UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, at a news conference on Tuesday in New York, said 1.1 billion dollars would be required to fund the HRP.
She warned: “Our humanitarian colleagues in the field warn that without immediate funding, the situation could deteriorate sharply over the coming weeks.”
Continued; “They are telling us that the number of severe acute malnutrition cases being admitted to treatment facilities has risen by over 30 percent compared to the same period – January to July – in 2021.”
She added that with the lean season underway, up to 4.1 million people were projected to face acute food shortages in the northeast.
She further warned that the malnutrition situation was quickly deteriorating.
Besides, she noted that that some 8.4 million people in the north-eastern states will need humanitarian aid in 2022.
“In the first quarter of 2022, the UN along with its partners had reached 1.8 million people with assistance in the northeast,” she said.
According to her, no less than 1.3 million people received water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance and nearly 50,000 benefited from services to address gender-based violence
Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri
August 24, 2022.
