On Friday, 10th February 2017, the United Nation Central Emergency Response Fund announced that Nigeria has received the largest allocation of $22 million from the $100 million released for January. This is following the Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) monthly brief.

“A team from UNOCHA’s Funding Coordination Section arrived in Nigeria mid-January to commence groundwork for setting up a Nigeria-based pool fund. Once established, Nigeria Humanitarian fund will afford humanitarian partners an additional funding window to respond to urgent needs of the affected populations in North-East region of Nigeria. Six donor agencies have already expressed interest in contributing to the pool fund which is expected to come on stream around April 2017,’’ Mr. Abiodun Banire, The agency’s spokesman, said.

According to Banire, the fund was part of the plans to cover for funding shortfalls impacting response activities across nine most neglected crises globally. He further said that the humanitarian partners would prioritise food and nutrition, health, shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene assistance to people hit by the crises in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.

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