Details of Beneficiaries To $10.5m UN New Funding For Flood Response In Nigeria

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has announced 10.5 million dollars in new funding for the flood response in Nigeria.

Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, disclosed this at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York.

Haq said that 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.

Although the funding is specifically designed to assist the massive population affected by floods in the country, there is a precise specification of the victims to be responded to via this particular program.

According to the report, people who are in the most affected areas are to get the provision from the new funding.

“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.

“He also wished a speedy recovery to a pilot working with the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) who was injured in the deplorable attack by an ague soldier.

“Schmale stressed that all humanitarian staff working in north-east Nigeria deserve our fullest respect for their courage and commitment to stay and deliver life-saving assistance to people in need in often difficult and dangerous circumstances.

“Humanitarian workers must be protected,’’ he said.

Haq said that Schmale lauded the government and the military’s efforts to speedily investigate Thursday’s incident and urged them to strengthen remedial measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.