Britain is to halve the sum of coin it gives inwards humanitarian help to Nigeria over the adjacent few years, says the international evolution minister.
The help worth £200m ($258m) over the adjacent fours years is a 50% drib from the £100m it spent inwards the past times 12 months.
The coin is aimed at victims of attacks past times Boko Haram Islamist militants inwards north-eastern Nigeria.
More than 1.5 1000000 people are on the brink of famine inwards the area, help agencies say.
International Development Minister Priti Patel said the Nigerian regime needed to produce to a greater extent than to defeat the extremists together with to "secure the security together with good existence of its ain people”.
She likewise said other donors should growth their assistance.
On existence asked if she was comfortable amongst a substantial cutting inwards Britain's humanitarian aid, Ms Patel replied that she did non encounter it every bit a cutting because she had only announced to a greater extent than coin for Nigeria.
"My undertaking isn't only to plough over help together with money... but likewise to become others to contribute every bit well.”
She said that other countries together with evolution partners needed to portion the help burden.
"This is an international crisis... the international evolution community must come upwards together. That's other donor countries.”
North-east Nigeria has been devastated past times Boko Haram since 2009, amongst to a greater extent than than 20,000 people killed together with 8.5 1000000 people inwards demand of urgent support, according to the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland Department for International Development.
BBC