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WFP spends US$126m in North
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wfp is able to carry out the exercise by mopping up assistance from the government of countries that are friendly to nigeria2 we also provide nutritional support to pregnant women to prevent unnecessary mother and child death she added1 she added that the programme planned to meet its target of providing food assistance to 1.5 million of the most food insecure and vulnerable people in northeast nigeria1 as at this moment wfp is providing food and cash assistance to more than 1.2 million she said1 according to vennize the number of people affected by insurgency has increased as more than 20000 have returned to the area from neighbouring countries1 she said that the programmes activities in the affected states had increased especially from june to september when stored food would have dwindled1 she said that owing to the development wfp required 49 million dollars to sustain its life-saving support until the end of 20181 the world food programme wfp has spent 126 million to provide food aid in various forms to 1.2 million people in 16 northern nigerian states since 20171 ms. ingermarie vennize the world food programmes head of communication in nigeria identified the sates as katsina kadunataraba zamfara sokoto kano yobe borno adamawa bauchi benue gombe jigawa kebbi plateau and niger1 the official said further that wfp also provided support to mostly the vulnerable in the society and in the areas ravaged by the boko haram insurgency for the people to engage in agricultural activities wherever they could or engage in income-generating activities wherever possible1 the head of communication further said that the programme was providing preventative nutrition assistance to children of six to 23 months old and to children with moderate or acute malnutrition that were of between 24 and 59 months old1 she said that pregnant and lactating women also received preventative nutrition assistance integrated with cash or in-kind food support1 vennize however said that in areas where people returned en masse livelihood support interventions were made to contribute to early recovery and help reduce reliance on food assistance1 she pledged that the programme would not relent in its efforts at providing food assistance to people affected by terrorism1 wfp started its presence in nigeria in 2016 upon the request of the federal government to assist in the crisis in borno yobe and adamawa states as a result of insurgency she said1 vennize however said she was pleased with the federal governments efforts at ensuring that some affected families returned to their homes1 she expressed confidence that once internally displaced persons were returned to their homes agricultural activities would be revived and food production enhanced1