Nigeria, May 1 -- The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) has launched a rapid response grant fund to support Nigerian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) grappling with the recent wave of international funding cuts.

The initiative, tagged the NGO Support Initiative (NSI) will provide grants of up to N5 million for short-term projects that can be executed within three months.

It is designed to sustain civil society efforts that have been disrupted by the freeze on foreign assistance initiated in January by US President Donald Trump.

The suspension has particularly impacted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a critical donor for many development initiatives in Nigeria.

As a result, several NGO...