By Kevin Akor
ABUJA, Nigeria (chatnewstv.com) — The World Bank has approved up to $12 million in performance-based funding for Nigerian states hosting internally displaced persons, linking disbursements to independently verified improvements in data collection, governance and the long-term integration of displaced populations.
The funding is part of the Solutions for the Internally Displaced and Host Communities Project, approved on Aug. 7, 2025, and financed under a broader $300 million concessional credit from the World Bank’s International Development Association, or IDA, signed with the Nigerian government.
Under the project’s Performance-Based Condition Two, states will only receive funds after meeting strict benchmarks related to IDP registration, profiling and vulnerability assessments, according to project documents.
“Disbursements will be made only upon verified achievement of agreed performance targets,” the World Bank said, adding that requirements will increase annually over a three-year period.
In the first year, participating Tier 1 and Tier 2 states must begin IDP registration and profiling in selected host communities and complete demographic and vulnerability assessments in at least two wards. States that meet the criteria will receive $250,000 each.
“Participating Tier 1 and Tier 2 states launched registration and profiling of IDPs in selected host communities and completed comprehensive demographic and vulnerability assessments in at least two wards,” the document stated.
In the second year, only Tier 1 states will be eligible for additional funding. Those states must conduct intention surveys, stability assessments and detailed analyses of the drivers and impacts of displacement. Each qualifying state will receive an additional $500,000.
The largest tranche will be released in the third year, when states are required to ensure that at least 80% of IDPs in host communities are registered and profiled. States that reach the threshold will receive $500,000 each, bringing total funding under the condition to $12 million.
“Eighty percent of IDPs in host communities in all participating Tier 1 and Tier 2 states are registered and profiled,” the report said. “Each participating state that completes all the above will receive $0.5 million.”
The World Bank said data gaps related to displacement vulnerabilities are expected to be fully addressed by the fourth year, with no further payments required at that stage.
The project also includes two additional performance-based conditions tied to local government asset management and the long-term social and economic integration of displaced people, with separate funding linked to verified milestones.
Only states that meet minimum eligibility thresholds, including IDP population size and proportional share, will qualify. The World Bank warned it may withhold, reallocate or cancel funds if targets are not met within agreed timelines.
Repayment of the IDA credit will begin on Jan. 15, 2031, with semiannual instalments due every Jan. 15 and July 15 through July 15, 2050.
