Overview

Chinese Government donates food assistance worth USD $5 million for emergency humanitarian assistance to Northeastern Nigerian states in 2017

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,320,632

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•NigeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

Start (actual): May 8, 2017

End (actual): May 8, 2017

Geospatial footprint

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This project donates food aid to the northeast Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa. More detailed locational information can be found at: Borno: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3721167 Yobe: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3698564 Adamawa: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3720358

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Nigeria

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates food assistance worth USD $5 million for emergency humanitarian assistance to Northeastern Nigerian states in 2017

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 8, 2017, the Chinese government handed over emergency humanitarian food aid worth $5,000,000 to three Northeastern states (Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa) in Nigeria through the World Food Programme (WFP). The project aims to provide 4,205 metric tons of rice to 41,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by Boko Haram in this region. The handover ceremony was held in Maiduguri, and was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian, Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, and representative of the World Food Programme, Ron Sibanda. The project is completed.

Staff comments

This project is captured in UNOCHA Financial Tracking Service as Flow ID #157208.