The United States through its humanitarian agency has
pledged $5 million to support victims of flood across the seven most impacted
states in Nigeria.
The United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) announced this in a statement on Wednesday.
The agency had earlier supported people affected by the
recent flooding in Nigeria with the sum of $1 million.
The additional funding, according to the agency, will
benefit over 225,000 people in affected areas in the country.
“The United States,
through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $5
million in additional humanitarian assistance to support people affected by
unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. Today’s announcement builds on USAID’s
initial support of $1 million in life-saving aid provided following the
devastating floods,” the statement reads.
”The unusually heavy rainfall and resulting flooding in
mid-August affected more than 4.4 million people across the country. The floods
displaced at least 2.4 million people, destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes
and damaged more than 1.6 million acres of farmland. More than 660 people lost
their lives.
“With this new funding, USAID partners will reach more than
225,000 people in seven highly affected states with critical aid, including
emergency shelter, water and sanitation to protect against waterborne diseases,
hygiene kits to promote safe and healthy practices, multipurpose cash for
families to purchase what they need to recover, and other complementary assistance
to promote economic recovery in communities impacted by the devastating
floods.”
Mary Beth Leonard, US ambassador to Nigeria, said “the
United States will continue standing with the people of Nigeria during this
extremely difficult time and maintains a long history of providing humanitarian
assistance across the country”.
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