Kate Osamor – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Osamor on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received on trends in life expectancy in Northern Nigeria; and if she will make a statement.

Priti Patel

Survey data on infant and child mortality rates shows that mortality rates are much higher in the north of Nigeria compared to the south.

In 2015/16, of a total DFID bilateral spend in Nigeria of £214m, approximately 60% of programming focused in six northern states. Additionally, over the last two years, DFID has scaled up its response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the northeast, bringing life-saving support to those affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.