By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has confirmed that Nigeria is facing a record food crisis, with 31 million people at risk of hunger, reports thegazellenews.com.
According to the WFP, nearly one in five people in the country’s northeast is experiencing acute food insecurity due to years of insurgency and displacement.
WFP’s Head of Communications, Chi Lael, made this disclosure on Monday, 4 August, 2025.
Lael warned that without continued food assistance, the fragile stability in the region could collapse.
“The fear is that when food assistance ends, so will stability in northern Nigeria,” she said. “And the longer this is left unfunded, the harder it will be to pull the region back.”
This year, Nigeria allocated just $326,000 for tackling malnutrition and stunting in high-burden states.
Humanitarian agencies across Africa have been hit by a steep drop in donor contributions.
US President Donald Trump significantly slashed foreign aid during his term, and many European countries have since redirected funding toward domestic priorities, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Recall that last July, Doctors Without Borders warned of soaring child malnutrition in northern Nigeria, calling it a “preventable crisis exacerbated by funding gaps.”
