1. Key points
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS), donors have committed/contributed US$130.6 million of humanitarian assistance to Nigeria so far in 2015.
The UN-coordinated 2015 Strategic Response Plan (SRP) for Nigeria requests US$100.3 million from donors to respond to the crisis. The appeal is currently 46% funded at US$46.3 million.
While there is limited detail on the geographical distribution of funding to Nigeria in 2015, US$46.1 million has been reported as commitments/contributions specifically to states in the north.
Nigeria is the eighth largest CERF recipient in 2015, with US$9.9 million allocated so far – 4% of global CERF allocations in 2015.
In 2015, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) received 17% (US$22.6 million) of total funding to Nigeria. Northern states received a greater proportion of funds channelled through NGOs at 25% (US$11.4 million).
The majority of funding to northern states went to the health and protection sectors (54%).