The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has disclosed plan to close down half of its health clinics in Nigeria’s conflict-torn northeast this month, citing reduction in donor funding and failing humanitarian support, reports thegazellenews.com.
WFP’s head of communications, Chi Lael, made this disclosure on Monday, 4 August, 2025.
According to the agency, it had received no new funding to continue providing food and nutrition support to 1.3 million people, despite a $130 million emergency appeal to sustain operations through 2025.
“The immediate and most brutal effect will be on child nutrition. Half of the 300 clinics we run will be closed this month, cutting off lifesaving treatment for 300,000 children,” Lael said.
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.”
