Nigeria
2024-03 Factsheet - Nigeria
Highlights
- There were over 2,084,629 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and over 503,201 thousand returnees in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, Nigeria requiring Shelter and NFI responses. This number is slightly higher than the previous quarter.
- 82% of women and children continue to constitute the majority of the vulnerable affected population and those disproportionately affected.
- Climate change-induced hazards such as increasing temperatures that have flared IDP camp fire outbreaks continue to pose significant challenges in the shelter and NFI response by over strengthening response capacity by partners.
- Unresolved Housing, Land and Property (HLP) disputes continue to pose significant challenges in shelter responses especially in areas of returns and IDPs sites in urban settings.
NFI
Shelter
Need analysis
The sector recorded a 2% increase in shelter and NFI needs across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) during the reporting period as compared to the previous period. 497,523 households (HHs), equivalent to approximately 1,343,312 females and 1,144,303 males, required shelters and NFIs assistance across BAY states.
During this period, 4,303 returnees were recorded across the three states. Equally 79,462 IDPs were registered across seven IDP reception centres in Borno. These additional caseloads required urgent shelters solutions.
Increasing unresolved shelter solutions needs characterized by damaged structures, overcrowded living spaces, and makeshift shelters have exposed IDPs to undiginified living conditions with health risks and protection concerns. 2,485 HHs recorded sleeping in the open, and 282,358 HHs living in highly congested camps below 15m2 person and overcrowded reception centers need Shelter/NFI responses.
Additionally, camp fires continued to pose a significant challenges to the response. 8,149 HHs with 8,300 shelters were destroyed with only 15% of the affected receiving some response. In total there were 73 incidents reported across 30 IDP sites.
Unresolved HLP issues, limited funding to respond, and a fluid security situation combine to pose significant challenges in providing dignified living conditions for the IDPs.
Response
By the end of the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, the Shelter/NFI Sector, through its partners, had reached 2,431 HHs with shelter, and 2,723 HHs with non-food items, which is equivalent to 1.4% of the people targeted across BAY states.
2,431 HHs benefited from overall shelter assistance across the BAY states, with Borno state recording majority 99.2% of the responses. 2,310 HHs (11,550 individuals) representing 95% of the shelter response received emergency shelters. The increase by 4% in Emergency Shelter responses as compared to the previous period which was attributed to an influx of new arrivals, returnees, and fires.
65 HHs (325 individuals) benefited from reinforcement/transitional shelter solutions marking 2.7% of the overall shelter response and 2% to have received permanent shelter solutions by the end of Q1, 56 HHs received durable housing solutions during this period.
Specific Achievements:
- 1,741 HHs benefited from shelter repairs and maintenance including NFIs response during this period.
- Fire-affected households were supported with 500 NFI kits that contained hygiene kits, water storage containers, and dignity kits.
- 1,012 individuals were reached with disaster risk reduction training and simulations on fire safety.
- The sector trained 35 (28 males and 7 females) humanitarians on key considerations in shelter and NFI responses, including information management, use of GPS, technical considerations in shelter construction, and monitoring of responses.
- The construction of three prototypes selected by the Technical Review Committee (TRC) in the "Home after Crisis" architecture competition was finalized at the University of Maiduguri. The TRC conducted a technical review of the construction on 28 February 2024.
- Sector collaborated with the HLP sub-sector to develop an SOP, and eviction monitoring tool to support in pro-actively respond to HLP issues.
Gaps / challenges
- Underfunding (100% funding gap) within the sector continued to limit partners' capacity to address urgent shelter and NFI needs.
- Insufficient common pipeline for shelter and NFI supplies make it difficult to respond to urgent emerging needs.
- Unresolved HLP disputes continue to pose a significant challenge for Shelter responses.
- Climate-related hazards continue to pose significant challenges to community resilience, and access to natural resources, and the provision of shelter solutions.
- The increased demand Shelter and NFI response overstretched partners' capacities to respond effectively, exposing many to vulnerable conditions.
- Insecurity in most local government areas, particularly in Borno State, home to a large portion of the displaced population, continued to hinder humanitarian response efforts.
