The United Nations World Food Programme on Friday warned that thousands of people in the northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region.
In Borno State alone, around 15,000 people are at risk, with more than 13 million children in the Northeast region projected to suffer malnutrition this year.
World Food Programme stated that Conflict, displacement, and economic pressures have driven food insecurity for years, but cuts to humanitarian assistance were now pushing vulnerable communities beyond their ability to cope, the statement added.
Across West and Central Africa, 55 million people are facing severe food shortages, with more than three-quarters of the people affected in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, it added.
Funding shortfalls in 2025 had already forced WFP to scale back nutrition programmes in Nigeria, affecting more than 300,000 children, after the agency warned that nearly 35 million people could go hungry as its resources ran out in December.
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