Funding gaps could shut down lifesaving support within weeks, pushing families to desperate choices.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has raised a red flag: about one million people in North-East Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition aid unless fresh funding arrives within weeks. The agency says Nigeria is already battling one of its worst hunger crises in years.
WFP warns that if support for displaced families in camps stops, many may be forced to leave in search of survival — migrating, or even turning to insurgent groups just to feed their families. “Now is not the time to stop food assistance,” said WFP Nigeria Country Director, David Stevenson.
Looking ahead, the outlook is grim. Nearly 35 million Nigerians are projected to face acute food insecurity during the lean season, including about 15,000 people in Borno State at risk of catastrophic hunger — just a step from famine. Renewed violence in the North has already destroyed farms, food reserves, and livelihoods.
WFP says this is the worst hunger level recorded in a decade and is urgently seeking $129 million to keep operations running in the North-East for the next six months. Without it, the agency warns, lifesaving food aid could grind to a halt, with serious humanitarian, security, and economic consequences.
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