The G7 group of wealthy countries has pledged £276
million ($389 million) to assist millions of people
affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in north-
eastern Nigeria.
It is expected to support efforts by the UN and other
aid agencies in helping victims of the conflict.
A statement from the UK High Commission in Nigeria
says Britain is leading the co-ordinated move by the
G7 countries to provide humanitarian assistance this
year.
It called for more efforts to ensure safe access to
humanitarian workers saying in north-eastern Nigeria
"communities daily suffer the consequences of war,
including the estimated one million people
inaccessible to humanitarian actors due to
insecurity".
British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing
says: "It is vital we act now to avert further
deterioration in the food security situation of millions
of people affected by the conflict."
In February, the UN had launched an appeal fund for
$1bn to help more than eight million vulnerable
people in north-eastern Nigeria.
The ongoing conflict, which is now in its second
decade, has killed more than 30,000 people and
uprooted millions of others from their homes in
Nigeria and several neighbouring countries.
The G7 leaders had met in London last week where
they made a commitment to "urgently provide an
initial £5bn in humanitarian assistance to a number
of countries around the world - including £1bn to
Yemen, South Sudan and Nigeria as soon as
possible to save lives’".

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