Nearly 35 million Nigerians dey face risk of hunger dis year, including about 3 million pikin wey dey suffer severe malnutrition, United Nations (UN) talk on Thursday, after dem lose funding for humanitarian work.
As e dey speak for the launch of the 2026 humanitarian response plan for Abuja, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator Mohamed Malick Fall talk say the donor-led aid model wey don long for Nigeria no go dey sustainable again, and Nigeria needs don increase wella.
E talk say the situation for the North-east wey conflict don affect don worsen, and civilians for Borno, Adamawa and Yobe dey face more violent incidents.
E say the increase in suicide bombings and multiple attacks don kill over 4,000 people during the first eight months of 2025 — number wey equal the whole total for 2023.
UN talk say e fit provide only $516 million for life-saving assistance to 2.5 million people dis year, down from 3.6 million in 2025, and that one na about half of wetin dem reach the year before.
“Dem no be just figures. Dem numbers represent lives, future and Nigerians,” Fall talk.
E add say UN no get choice again but to focus on life-saving aid because donor funding don drop.
Because funding no enough last year, the World Food Programme (WFP) warn say millions fit face hunger for Nigeria, after e money finish in December and dem force am to cut assistance to over 300,000 children.
Fall still say Nigeria dey help well to tackle the problems these past months by taking actions like providing food support and issuing early warnings about floods.
