Reference :
V-F-CR-F-03184-N
Date :
04/08/2021
Title :
Nigéria : la flambée des prix frappe de plein fouet les 2 millions de personnes déplacées = Nigeria : 2 million displaced people hit hard as prices soar = Nigeria : el desplazamiento de 2 milliones de personas y el aumento de los precios causan estragos
Duration :
00:06:21
Editor :
SANG, Chris
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Production company :
ICRC
ICRC producer :
FELL, Nicola Eva; SYNENKO, Alyona
Description :
People who fled their homes and lost their livelihoods due to the ongoing conflict in the North-East of Nigeria struggle to put food on the table because of soaring inflation. The inflation rate reached a four-year record high of 18per cent in March this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. People displaced by the conflict are among the most vulnerable and are disproportionally affected by price fluctuations.
Over a decade of armed conflict has left more than two million people displaced in the North-East of Nigeria, making it one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies. As people fled their homes, they also lost their livelihoods and many of them struggle to meet their essential needs.
“Beyond the physical safety, people also have steadily and increasingly been struggling securing basic livelihood. Families struggle to find work, care for their loved ones, but also put food on the table.” said Sarrah El Moumouhi, deputy head of Maiduguri sub-delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
According to official statistics, 40 per cent of Nigeria’s population, or almost 83 million people, live below the country’s poverty line of 137,430 naira ($382) per year. The ICRC provides microeconomic grants to vulnerable groups of people who lost their income due to the ongoing armed conflict to enable people to start small businesses. However, steep inflation of the past year has hit them hard and an increasing number of people are struggling to keep their business afloat.
Aisha Umar, a widowed mother from Borno State, has been living in Bakassi camp in Maidiguri for the last seven years, following an attack that left her and her eight children displaced. In 2019, she received an ICRC microeconomic grant. Prior to the power outage that affected the city for the past six months, Aisha sold ice. Electricity shortage has raised the price of ice and she can no longer afford it. As a result, Aisha like many other people who relied on electricity for their businesses, have had to find another source of income.
In 2020, more than 16’000 people received cash for investment through the ICRC’s micro-economic grants and 173 entrepreneurs received grants through the ICRC-Tony Elumelu Foundation partnership to start their own businesses.
French title :
Nigéria : la flambée des prix frappe de plein fouet les 2 millions de personnes déplacées
English title :
Nigeria : 2 million displaced people hit hard as prices soar
Spanish title :
Nigeria : el desplazamiento de 2 milliones de personas y el aumento de los precios causan estragos
Colour/B&W :
colour
SD/HD :
HD
Resolution :
1920 x 1080
Aspect ratio :
16/9
Original material/format :
H264
Best material/format available :
ProRes 422
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