Posted by In the last 18 months, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNOCHA, has spent at least $1.1 billion on humanitarian assistance in Nigeria’s northeast.
According to UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Dashboard for the First and Second Quarters of 2022, 11.6 million residents in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states have been targeted for food, health, and shelter, among other forms of intervention.
Despite the assistance, the Office was only able to reach 8.3 million residents due to a “funds shortage.”
Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, returnees, and residents of host villages make up this demographic.
“The Humanitarian Response Plan has now received 70% funding.” Some sectors continue to be grossly underfunded by the requested US $1.1 billion, prompting response partners to prioritize activities in communities ranked highest on the severity scale.
“Despite the funding gap, 124 humanitarian actors responded to the most pressing needs.” “They have delivered humanitarian aid to 4.7 million people since January 2022, accounting for 84% of the estimated people identified for assistance,” the statement stated.
In the last fourteen years, the Boko Haram insurgency has produced insecurity in Nigeria’s northeast, and UNOCHA has labeled the resulting humanitarian crisis as one of the most complex in the world.
Remember that the Federal Government established the North East Development Commission in October 2017 to aid in the region’s rebuilding and development.
In September 2022, the Commission set aside N31 billion for its 10-year North East Stabilisation and Development Master Plan.