The European Union (EU) has announced the allocation of €500,000, approximately N900 million, to tackle the growing malnutrition crisis in North-eastern Nigeria.
According to a statement from the EU on Friday, the funding will provide emergency aid to children and mothers suffering from severe acute malnutrition in some of the country’s most vulnerable states.
The support will be implemented through the Nigeria Red Cross Society, which is set to assist about 170,000 households at risk of malnutrition across nine states: Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara.