According to a UN humanitarian funding analysis: 1) Donors committed $155.5 million to Nigeria in 2015, though the UN appeal was only 58% funded at $57.9 million. The 2016 appeal requests $248 million but has so far received only $0.7 million. 2) The largest donor to Nigeria's humanitarian response in 2015 was the US, contributing $71 million, followed by the EU at $24.9 million. 3) Funding has been directed mostly to the health and protection sectors, but over half of funds in 2015 had no specified sector.

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Humanitarian funding analysis: Nigeria (Lassa fever)
1. Key points
 According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial
Tracking Service (FTS), donors committed/contributed US$155.5 million of humanitarian
assistance to Nigeria in 2015.
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 The 2015 UN-coordinated Strategic Response Plan (SRP) for Nigeria requested US$100.3
million from donors to respond to the crisis. The appeal was 58% funded at US$57.9
million; a further US$97.5 million was contributed or committed outside the appeal.
 The 2016 UN-coordinated Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Nigeria requests US$248
million, of which US$0.7 million has been contributed so far.
 In 2014, a contribution of US$0.2 million was made by the Central Emergency Response
Fund (CERF) towards reinforcing preparedness and emergency response to epidemic-
prone diseases (Cholera and Lassa fever) in high risk states of Nigeria.
 There are no country-based pooled funds for Nigeria.
 Around one third of humanitarian funding to Nigeria in 2015 was channelled through UN
agencies as first-level recipients; 24% was channelled through non-governmental
organisations (NGOs).
2. Recent humanitarian funding to Nigeria
A total of US$155.5 million was committed/contributed to Nigeria in 2015, by a total of 17
government donors.
Figure 1: Top 10 humanitarian donors to Nigeria, 2015
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS). Data downloaded 18 January
2016 Note: EU: European Union; UK: United Kingdom.
The United States (US) was the largest donor with contributions of US$71 million: 46% of total
contributions and commitments in 2015. The EU Institutions, primarily the Department of
Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), were the second largest donor last year
(US$24.9 million), followed by the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) (US$9.9 million).
3. Appeals and response plans
The 2015 UN-coordinated SRP for Nigeria requested US$100.3 million from donors to respond
to the crisis. By the end of 2015, the appeal was 58% funded at US$57.9 million, with a further
US$97.5 million given outside of the appeal.
The 2016 UN-coordinated HRP for Nigeria requests US$248 million. To date, only one
contribution has been made to the appeal: US$0.7 million from the CERF.
4. Pooled funding as part of the response
Central Emergency Response Fund:
Nigeria was the 20th largest CERF recipient in 2015, with allocations of US$9.9 million – 2.1%
of global CERF allocations that year. 33% of this funding (US$3.3 million) was allocated towards
health-nutrition in response to the humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria.
The largest proportion of CERF funding to Nigeria in 2015 was allocated to health and nutrition
(33%/US$3.3 million), followed by agriculture (22%/US$2.2 million) and protection/human
rights/rule of law (21%/US$2 million).
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Figure 2: CERF allocations to Nigeria by sector, 2015
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN CERF data. Data downloaded on 18 January 2016.
Note: Data from the CERF website can differ from the FTS dataset for CERF contributions.
Other pooled funds:
There are no country-based pooled funds operating for Nigeria.
5. Channels of funding
Just over one-third of humanitarian funding to Nigeria in 2015 was channelled through UN
agencies in the first instance (34%/US$53.6 million). The second most popular channel of
funding was the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (26%/US$40.2 million), followed by
NGOs (24%/US$37.8 million).
Figure 3: Humanitarian funding to Nigeria by funding channel, 2015
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN OCHA FTS data. Data downloaded 18 January 2016.
Health -
Nutrition,
US$3.3m, 33%
Agriculture,
US$2.2m, 22%Protection/Hum
an Rights/Rule
of Law,
US$2.0m, 21%
Shelter and non-
food items,
US$1.5m, 15%
Coordination
and Support
Services -
Logistics,
US$0.7m, 7%
Coordination
and Support
Services -
Other,
US$0.2m, 2%
UN Agencies,
US$53.6m,
34%
Red Cross /
Red Crescent,
US$40.2m,
26%
NGOs,
US$37.8m,
24%
Other,
US$18.4m,
12%
Private Orgs. &
Foundations,
US$5.1m, 3%
Government,
US$0.4m, 0.3%

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6. Funding to sectors
The largest proportion of overall humanitarian funding to Nigeria in 2015 was allocated to
‘sector not yet specified’ (52%/US$80.7 million), followed by health (12%/US$18.4 million)
and protection/human rights/rule of law (11%/US$17.7 million).
Figure 4: Humanitarian funding to Nigeria SRP 2015, by sector
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN OCHA FTS data. Data downloaded 18 January 2016.
7. Humanitarian funding trends to Nigeria (historic)
Total humanitarian funding to Nigeria has increased year on year since 2012, with levels in
2015 almost 10 times greater than those in 2012. US$5.8 million of humanitarian funding to
Nigeria in 2014 was in response to the Ebola disease virus outbreak.
Figure 5: Humanitarian funding to Nigeria, 2011–2015
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN OCHA FTS data. Data downloaded 18 January 2016.
Over the period 2011–2015, the top 10 donors of humanitarian assistance to Nigeria are the
same as those in 2015 only (see Figure 1); the top three donors (US – US$84.7 million, EU –
US$77.8 million and CERF – US$21.3 million) remain the same.
Sector not yet
specified,
US$80.7m, 52%
Health, US$18.4m
, 12%
Protection/Human
rights/Rule of law,
US$17.7m, 11%
Coordination and
support services,
US$10.1m, 7%
Education,
US$8.9m, 6%
Water and
Sanitation,
US$6.5m, 4%
Other, US$13.2m
, 8%
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Figure 6: Top 10 donors to Nigeria, 2011–2015
Source: Development Initiatives based on UN OCHA FTS data. Data downloaded 18 January 2016.
8. Development assistance to Nigeria
Nigeria has historically received more development assistance than humanitarian assistance. In
2014, humanitarian assistance represented just 1% of the total US$2.6 billion of official
development assistance (ODA) to Nigeria.
As highlighted in a previous funding overview, the 2015 SRP recognised the relatively minor
humanitarian footprint in the country compared with development actors. The 2016 HRP
notes that international humanitarian presence in north-east Nigeria has increased, but still
needs to be strengthened in relation to rapidly growing needs.
Data is correct at time of writing and subject to change. For up-to-date figures on the humanitarian
response to Nigeria and other crises see UN OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service.
Authors: Lylaa Shaikh, Duncan Knox
Contact: gha@devinit.org
Web: www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org
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