UN TO HALT FOOD SUPPLY IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA DUE TO FINANCIAL DEFICIT
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has indicated that it will be compelled to halt all urgent food and nutritional assistance for 1.3 million individuals in northeastern Nigeria at the conclusion of July.
A Wednesday statement by the UN said the decision was due to critical funding shortfalls, which come at a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in the country.
“WFP’s food and nutrition stocks have been completely exhausted. The organisation’s last supplies left warehouses in early July, and life-saving assistance will end after the current round of distributions is completed,” the statement noted in part.
It said that without immediate funding, millions of vulnerable people will face impossible choices such as enduring increasingly severe hunger, migration, or possibly risking exploitation by extremist groups in the region.
“Nearly 31 million people in Nigeria are now facing acute hunger, a record number.
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“At the same time, WFP’s operations in northeast Nigeria will collapse without immediate, sustained funding. This is no longer just a humanitarian crisis; it’s a growing threat to regional stability, as families pushed beyond their limits are left with nowhere to turn,” said David Stevenson, WFP Country Director for Nigeria.
The UN observed that children will be among the most severely impacted if essential assistance ceases, indicating that over 150 nutrition clinics supported by the WFP in Borno and Yobe states will shut down, terminating potentially life-saving care for more than 300,000 children under the age of two and exposing them to a heightened risk of malnutrition.
“In conflict-affected northern areas, escalating violence from extremist groups is driving mass displacement. Some 2.3 million people across the Lake Chad Basin have been forced to flee their homes, straining already limited resources and pushing communities to the brink.
“When emergency assistance ends, many will migrate in search of food and shelter. Others will adopt negative coping mechanisms – including potentially joining insurgent groups – to survive,” added Stevenson.
“Food assistance can often prevent these outcomes. It allows us to feed families, help rebuild economies and support long-term recovery.”
In the initial portion of 2025, the WFP reported that it has managed to stave off hunger throughout northern Nigeria, assisting 1.3 million individuals with essential food and nutritional support.
“WFP has the capacity and expertise to deliver and scale up its humanitarian response, but the critical funding gap is paralysing operations. WFP urgently requires US$130 million to prevent an imminent pipeline break and sustain food and nutrition operations through the end of 2025.”
The United Nations World Food Programme is the globe’s most prominent humanitarian organization, preserving lives during crises and employing food aid to create a route to tranquility, stability, and prosperity for individuals recuperating from conflict, disasters, and the repercussions of climatic changes.
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