Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the food security crisis in northern Nigeria.

The UK has taken a leading role in raising awareness of the Boko Haram conflict which has left 5.8 million people food insecure in North-East Nigeria.

In September 2016, the UK announced a further £80 million of humanitarian funding which will meet the needs of more than a million people in North-East Nigeria this year. We have persistently raised awareness with the Government of Nigeria, other donors and with agencies of the UN, such as the World Food Programme.