Revised Strategic Response Plan - Nigeria (Revised Aug 2014)

PERIOD: January 2014 – December 2016

• 15.6 million: Estimated number of people affected (10% of total population)
• 10 million People in need (4% of total population)
• 8 million Beneficiaries targeted for humanitarian assistance in this plan

Key categories of people in need:

• 3.3M Total IDPs in Nigeria
• 646,693 IDPs in 6 Northeast States
• 1,530 Refugees fleeing northeast to Cameroon, Niger, and Chad
• 201 Host Communities in 6 Northeast states
• 3.9M Malnourished people
• 4.2M Food insecure people (Northeast Nigeria)
  (Source: UNICEF, NEMA, UNCT)

US$ 93 million requested by UN Agencies and NGOs humanitarian actors

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A deteriorating security situation in the northeast coupled with serious concerns about the security landscape in the lead up to the February 2015 elections are creating urgent humanitarian needs in the Northeast and the Middle Belt of the country. In addition, a worrying cholera outbreak in the absence of adequate public health infrastructure has required the revision of the SRP for Nigeria towards prioritizing these rapidly evolving situations.

Since May 2013, the northeast states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe have been under a State of Emergency (SOE) due to a violent insurgency that has killed at least 2,000 people this year alone, and internally displaced nearly 650,000 people. Over 60,000 people have fled the SOE states into neighbouring countries, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. Access to the northeast is highly constrained given the frequency of insurgent attacks,

Basic services- notably schools and health facilities -- are being systematically destroyed by insurgents. IDPs from this crisis largely seek refuge amidst host communities, the latter reporting serious strains on already scarce resources. The situation in the Northeast is unlikely to be resolved in the near future. To the contrary, the Presidential elections slated for February 2015 are predicted to further deteriorate the situation. Also expected to worsen due to the elections is inter-communal violence in the middle belt of the country.

In addition to escalating conflicts, a cholera outbreak this year demonstrated the frailties of the health system in country, and the inability of existing actors to manage epidemics. The imminent rainy season and a worrying trend in measles are also likely to challenge such capacities through this year.
The humanitarian footprint in Nigeria is worryingly absent. Very few actors are actively engaged in humanitarian programming presently- and only a handful are present and/or operating in the northeast. To date, IDPs have been largely served only by national authorities, who require-- and have requested-- assistance in strengthening their response capacity. There is growing international pressure to increase the humanitarian presence in the country, which itself will require additional coordination capacities, to ensure a cohesive response.

This SRP is a first step in coordinating existing and new actors towards a joint plan, taking into account the Regional SRP, the ISP, Nigeria JHAP, NEMA Response Plan for the Northeast and Chibok, and the PINE.