USAID Acting Mission Director, Erin Hollerin
As a means of improving health care and good governance in Nigeria, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated $26.5 million to the Nigerian government.
The agency said this at the weekend that the additional support to Nigeria was made due to the country’s achievement in the development goals outlined in the bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement signed in 2015.
The agreement was signed between the U.S. and Nigerian governments.
The Acting Mission Director, c, confirmed the new financial support and stated that USAID would partner with federal and state health ministries to build stronger health systems.
“$25 million 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 (PEPFAR), for a total of $26.5 million in additional assistance”. He said.
The additional new funding brings the total U.S. government assistance provided under the five-year Development Objectives agreement to $1.1 billion.
As stated by Holleran, the USAID is committed to assisting Nigeria because of the huge influence the nation has on the future of Africa.
USAID collaborated with Nigeria’s ministries of Budget and National Planning, Health, Agriculture, Power, and Education, as well as state-level government counterparts to structure the bilateral assistance agreement, which runs through 2020.