The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced $10.5 million in new funding for the flood response in Nigeria.
Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, disclosed this during a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York.
According to Haq, Schmale announced the funding in a statement to support Nigeria as the country faced unprecedented flooding with more than 4.4 million people affected across the country and 2.4 million displaced.
“This new funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund will provide clean water, sanitation, health care, shelter, and non-food items for people in the most affected states.
“This will include people affected in the north-east of the country where people are reeling from the combined impact of floods, protracted conflict, rising hunger, and a cholera outbreak,” he said
Similarly, the deputy spokesperson said Schmale had condemned the killing of a staff member of the humanitarian non-governmental organization Médecins du Monde in Damboa, Borno State.
On behalf of the United Nations, Schmale conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the aid worker’s family and her colleagues.
