Situation Update
WFP’s most critical concern at this stage is the immediate availability of food to ensure timely and uninterrupted food distributions to the benefi-ciaries. WFP has maximized the use of internal advance financing mechanisms to allow continued distributions this month and in March, as well as to start Blanket Supplementary Feeding activities. However, this is only a temporary solution. WFP requires urgent and flexible resources to purchase and preposition stocks.
A Budget Revision to WFP’s Emergency Operation 200777 is being prepared to respond to: growing insecurity in northern Nigeria, which is spilling into the three countries and creating new waves of population movements; the required reinforce-ment of sub-offices and security measures; and updated nutrition information on new arrivals which underscores high Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates.
