Nigeria

Overview

Millions have been displaced due to the conflict, and food insecurity is high - an estimated 8.7 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022, and 1.74 million children are estimated to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the northeast.

While the security situation has improved in the last decade and the positions of non-state armed groups weakened, insecurity still plagues the region, weakening livelihoods opportunities such as farming and fishing, and making access by humanitarian organisations difficult. Maintaining humanitarian operations in Nigeria has also been a challenge in the face of inflation, and the impacts of climate change such as droughts and flooding, exacerbating food insecurity for millions. 

Our work

Cash and voucher assistance supports some 850,000 people in the northeast to meet their food and nutrition needs, as well as supporting livelihoods opportunities. GTS has been measuring the effectiveness of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) for affected people since 2019. We focus on how well CVA meets people’s most important needs, whether people are informed about the assistance they receive, how fair the process is, as well as in how far they are able to participate and give their opinions or complain.

The Cash Barometer in Nigeria speaks to some 2000 recipients of CVA in quantitative surveys every year, complemented by qualitative focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to find out more about how people experience CVA in their communities. Closing the loop, we have supported numerous organisations to include perceptions of recipients to improve their programming.

Donors have also committed to continued support for the Cash Barometer as “an important tool to understand the experience of CVA recipients” in the Cash Common Donor Approach to CVA for Nigeria.