The European Union (EU) has provided financial assistance amounting to 5.4 million euros to Nigeria and five other Sahel countries affected by severe flooding.
The other beneficiary nations include Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
In a statement released in Abuja, the EU indicated that the funds are intended to support more than 4.4 million people across these countries who have been impacted by the floods.
The natural disaster has led to widespread destruction, affecting homes, healthcare facilities, water systems, schools, and sanitation infrastructure, along with damaging roads, public infrastructure, and agricultural areas.
“This funding will help our humanitarian partners on the ground, to provide immediate aid and respond to the most urgent needs concerning food, shelter, access to clean water and sanitation and other essential services in the hardest-hit areas.
“The amount will be distributed as follows: Chad one million Euro; Niger 1.350 million Euro; Nigeria 1.1 million Euro; Mali one million Euro and Cameroon 650,000 Euro and Burkina Faso 300,000 Euro.
“The funding comes in addition to 232 million Euro in humanitarian assistance already allocated to these countries so far this year.
“The EU and its partners had already responded to the immediate consequences of floods in Liberia, Guinea, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Mali,’’ the bloc said.
In the statement, Mr Janez Lenarčič, the Commissioner for Crisis Management was quoted to have said: “Excessive rainfalls had lashed the Sahel and Lake Chad regions with unprecedented impact, displacing millions and causing widespread suffering and damage.
“We are mobilising all means at our disposal to help the most vulnerable in the flood-stricken countries, so they can receive much needed relief’’.
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