People gather around food supplies and aid trucks in Nigeria as health services face cuts.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will shut down 150 clinics in Nigeria’s northeast this month, cutting off critical nutrition support for 300,000 children, because of a $130 million funding gap. With no donors stepping in, food aid for a total of 1.3 million people will cease, worsening a hunger crisis that already impacts 31 million Nigerians. The closures, affecting half of the WFP’s clinics in the country, come as donor nations, including the US and several in Europe, redirect aid to domestic priorities. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s government allocated a meager $326,000 to combat malnutrition, far below what’s needed. Experts warn that the fallout could jeopardize stability in a region already strained by conflict and displacement.
Bloomberg