The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided Nigeria with an additional $26.5 million to support health care and good governance projects.
The latest funding support by the US agency was based on recent achievements recorded by the country in the development goals outlined in the bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement signed in 2015 between the U.S. and Nigeria.
The Acting Mission Director, Ms Erin Holleran, who made the disclosure, restated her agency’s commitment to partnering health ministries at both federal and state levels for the purposes of improving the nation’s health systems.
She said: “Twenty five million dollars will strengthen good governance by supporting state governments’ efforts to bolster Nigeria’s Open Government Partnership commitments to improve transparency and fight corruption.
“An additional $1.5 million will support a healthier, more educated population in targeted states through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, for a total of $26.5 million in additional assistance,” Holleran added.
According to her, the US agency was committed to partnering the governments and the people of Nigeria to tackle the nation’s health challenges in view of the country’s influence on the future of Africa.
With the latest funding support, the United States Government’s assistance to Nigeria under the five-year Development Objectives agreement has now risen to $1.1 billion.
In its intervention programmes in Nigeria, USAID has been collaborating with the ministries of Budget and National Planning, Health, Power and Education, Agriculture, as well as state-level counterpart ministries to structure the bilateral assistance agreement the implementation of which will end in year 2020.
