UN warns nearly 31 million Nigerians face acute hunger as funding collapses.
The United Nations has issued an urgent warning that nearly 31 million Nigerians are experiencing acute hunger, a figure comparable to the entire population of Texas, due to rising food insecurity and shrinking humanitarian funding.
The World Food Programme reports that only 21% of its $130 million appeal for Nigerian operations has been funded, and from August, assistance may end for 1.3 million displaced people and close 150 nutrition clinics in Borno State.
Multilateral donor cuts—especially from the U.S.—have driven food aid reductions of 60% overall, with some countries in West and Central Africa seeing cuts upward of 80%, worsening regional instability.
If aid collapses further, the UN warns that food shortages will deepen, communities could fracture, and humanitarian conditions may spiral into broader unrest.
I’m Adedayo Obadina
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