On June 7, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington announced nearly $112 million in new FY 2018 funding for the humanitarian response in the Lake Chad
Basin, comprising areas of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. The figure includes more than $62 million from USAID/FFP, nearly $47 million from USAID/OFDA, and
nearly $3 million from State/PRM. With almost $761 million in total humanitarian funding in FY 2017–2018, the United States Government (USG) remains the largest
donor to the humanitarian response in the Lake Chad Basin