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EU allocates €510m to Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa

POSTED ON January 18, 2025 •   World      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara
European Union

ABUJA, Nigeria (NAN) - The European Union (EU) Commission has allocated €510 million euros to Nigeria and others in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The amount is part of the €1.9 billion set aside for the 2025 humanitarian assistance.

The bloc made this known through Hadja Lahbib, the EU Commissioner for equality preparedness and crisis management in a statement.

The statement was signed by Modestus Chukwulaka, the press and information officer for the EU Delegation in Nigeria and ECOWAS and made available to journalists in Abuja.

It stated that Ms Lahbib said that these funds were set to be channelled across West and Central Africa, the Sahel, the Lake Chad basin, North-West Nigeria, Central Africa, the Great Lakes region and the Greater Horn of Africa.

She added that a further €470 million of the funding is destined for the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular emphasis being on delivering aid to Gaza and Yemen.

The EU continues to remain a leading global humanitarian aid donor with more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025.

The EU, on Thursday, announced an initial humanitarian budget for 2025 of €1.9 billion.

“With more than 300 million people needing humanitarian assistance in 2025, the EU is upholding its commitment to help those most in need as a leading humanitarian aid donor.

“Our humanitarian aid funding will support our partners on the ground – the UN family, the Red Cross/Red Crescent family, international and local government and non-governmental organisations – to provide life-saving, emergency assistance where needed.

“At the same time, I reiterate my call for safe and unimpeded access to people in need: funding is not enough – we need to be able to reach the most vulnerable.

“And for this, there is an urgent need for all parties to respect International Humanitarian Law,” Ms Lahbib said.

According to the statement, the EU’s humanitarian aid will be allocated as follows: Middle East and North Africa

€375 million will be allocated to the wider Middle East.

The humanitarian situation remains extremely acute and fragile, particularly in Gaza.

The region has seen significant changes in recent months, including after the recent developments in Syria.

€95 million will be allocated to North Africa and Yemen: a region exposed to complex political, economic and social challenges.

For Ukraine, now in its third year of war, the initial allocation is €140 million. An additional €8 million is allocated to humanitarian projects in neighbouring Moldova.

For Africa, a total of €510 million will support vulnerable people across the continent. Aid will be channeled in West and Central Africa, the Sahel, the Lake Chad basin, North-West Nigeria, the Central Africa, the Great Lakes region and the Greater Horn of Africa.

For Latin American and the Caribbean, an initial €113 million will be directed at addressing the domestic and regional impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the needs of the most vulnerable people affected by the armed conflicts in Colombia.

Others are the complex crisis in Haiti and the violence in Central America, Mexico and Ecuador.

Around €182 million in Asia and the Pacific will be allocated to humanitarian assistance, in particular for the Myanmar crisis and its impact in Bangladesh, as well as for the crisis in Afghanistan.

Moreover, €35 million are allocated to the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region as well as €5 million in the southern Caucasus and Central Asia.

Additional emergency funding of more than €295 million are reserved for worldwide actions, responding to sudden-onset emergencies and unforeseen humanitarian crises that may arise throughout the year.

Over €110 million will be committed to horizontal activities, including innovative projects and policy initiatives, for example, the multi-year programmatic partnerships, and the enhanced response capacity.

 

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