Nigeria Leads Regional Humanitarian Funding After Receiving Additional $17.9 Million

Humanitarian funding for Nigeria’s ongoing relief operations has increased by $17.9 million over two months, bringing total contributions to $265.2 million and placing the country ahead of all other tracked West and Central African nations in funding coverage.

According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the surge pushes Nigeria’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) to a 50 percent coverage rate against its $516.4 million target. Of the total funds received, $257.9 million was directed through the official response plan, leaving an unmet funding gap of $258.5 million.

The recent influx allows Nigeria to surpass the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which previously held the highest coverage rate in the region but recently saw its funding level fall to 47 percent. Among the eight crisis-affected countries monitored by the UN in West and Central Africa, Nigeria currently holds the highest percentage of its humanitarian budget fulfilled.

Nigeria: 50% ($257.9m raised / $516.4m target)

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 47% ($1.01bn raised / $2.13bn target)

Central African Republic: 42% ($110.9m raised / $264.1m target)

Chad: 35% ($345.1m raised / $986.1m target)

Burkina Faso: 28% ($184.3m raised / $658.5m target)

Cameroon: 26% ($82.9m raised / $319m target)

Mali: 20% ($115.5m raised / $577.9m target)

Niger: 16% ($108m raised / $675.6m target)

Across West and Central Africa, total aid contributions reached $2.55 billion against a combined requirement of $6.13 billion, representing an overall regional coverage rate of 36 percent. Major donor contributions across the region include $420 million from the European Commission’s humanitarian arm (ECHO), alongside increased funding from Germany and Spain. Primary distribution channels for these emergency resources remain the World Food Programme, UNHCR, and UNICEF.