UN CERF Allocates $22 Million To Nigeria’s Humanitarian Needs

According to Mr. Abiodun Banire, the spokesman for the United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Nigeria has received the largest allocation of $22 million from the $100 million so far released for January (2017) towards prioritising food and nutrition, health, shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance to people hit by crisis in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

The Fund was part of the efforts to cover for funding shortfalls impacting response activities across nine most neglected crises globally.