Early Warning System

Regions

Africa

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Nigeria

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Maiduguri, Borno State

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

African Development Bank (AFDB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Oct 28, 2024

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Borrower

Government of Nigeria - World Food Program

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Agriculture and Forestry
Humanitarian Response
Law and Government

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 0.98 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Appraisal Report

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AFDB website

Updated in EWS Jun 27, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods. Following the government appeal for humanitarian assistance from cooperating partners, the African Development Bank has partnered with WFP to submit this proposal for funds under the Bank's Special Relief Fund (SRF), to provide emergency assistance that will enable the partnership to complement the Government's response and provide lifesaving assistance to the food-insecure populations affected by the impact of floods.

The Project aims to complement the Government's efforts and those of development partners to save lives and protect livelihoods in the current crisis caused by the flood. This objective will be achieved through the provision of emergency food transfers. The Bank, through SRF, will contribute USD 1,000,000 in response to the appeal, while WFP will deploy its field capacity to identify, target and provide relief emergency support to the target beneficiaries.

The funding from the Bank's SRF will be used to complement the Government's interim response which is providing 25 kg of rice and 10kg of spaghetti by delivering complementary pulses and rice to cover an estimated 122,253 people (24,450 households) in the sixteen most affected districts. The aim is to provide consumption needs to affected households to diversify their food basket and address essential needs during four critical months between October2024 and February 2025, thus enabling them to protect their livelihoods and avoid long term deterioration of their food and nutrition security. The support will be a one-off food transfer of 35 kilograms (25kg of rice and 10kg of beans) per household. Rapid market assessments preliminary findings have highlighted that the cost of food has increased significantly with availability challenges which impede the feasibility of cash-based transfers.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environmental Category: [3] Low Risk

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

African Development Bank (AFDB)

Finance Type: Standard grant
Commitments (UA): 741,334
Conversion Rate USD (2024-10-28): 1,32990

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Tabi KARIKARI
Agro-Industry officer, AHAI3
African Development Bank
t.karikari@afdb.org
www.afdb.org