The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it may be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition assistance for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria by the end of July due to a severe funding shortfall.
WFP’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Margot van der Velden, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing UN correspondents on the worsening humanitarian crisis in the region.
According to her, the agency urgently requires $130 million to continue delivering emergency food and nutrition support over the next six months.
