• US pledges $32.5 mln to support WFP operations in Nigeria’s conflict regions
• Funding to assist 764,205 people, including pregnant women and children
• WFP warns 33 mln Nigerians face acute food insecurity in 2025

The United States has announced a $32.5 million contribution to the World Food Program (WFP) to support food and nutrition assistance in conflict-affected regions of Nigeria.

According to a statement from the US Embassy in Abuja, the funding will support 764,205 people in the northeast and northwest, including 41,569 pregnant and breastfeeding women and 43,235 children. They will receive nutritional supplements through electronic food vouchers.

The announcement comes after the WFP was forced in July 2025 to suspend emergency aid for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria due to lack of funding. The cutback coincided with rising violence and record levels of hunger. A reduction in US emergency program funding in 2025, decided by the Trump administration, had already weakened WFP’s operations in the country.

Northern Nigeria has faced an insurgency for more than a decade, displacing over two million people. In the northwest and north-central regions, clashes between farmers and herders have further strained food supplies. WFP estimates that more than 33 million Nigerians will face acute food insecurity in 2025.

To address the crisis, WFP has committed $2.5 billion under Nigeria’s 2023-2027 Country Strategic Plan to fight hunger and malnutrition. Meanwhile, the Nigerian government is implementing its National Multisectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN 2021-2025) to improve food security, strengthen nutrition, and boost agricultural production.