Abuja –The U.S. Agency International Development (USAID) has awarded $10 million (N4.1 billion) over three years to UNICEF to support the Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States in the Northwest. Known as Improving Sanitation, Hygiene and Safe Drinking Water in Northwest Nigeria, the activity ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 2 June, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: hygiene, sokoto, UNICEF, USAID, WASH, Water, Zamfara
Abuja — On March 24, 2021, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new State Accountability, and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity to strengthen subnational governance systems in six key states across Nigeria. The five-year, $72 million State2State Activity helps improve how these states plan and budget, raise revenues, increase civil society participation, and oversee ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 24 March, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Educations, Health, Sanitation, State2State, USAID, Water
Owerri – On July 16, 2020, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Stephen M. Haykin joined with Governor Hope Uzodinma in a virtual signing ceremony to formalize a new partnership with Imo State to improve the management and delivery of water and sanitation (WASH) services to help people live healthier lives through reliable ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 17 July, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: E-WASH, Governor Hope Uzodinma, Sanitation, Stephen M. Haykin, USAID, Water
At the end of May, Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello signed into law a bill establishing a new State Water and Sewerage Corporation, an entity that will replace the existing state Water Board. Enacted to improve urban water delivery and sanitation services, the new corporation was supported by USAID through its Effective Water, Sanitation, ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 10 June, 2020 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: Sanitation, USAID, Water
Development assistance under 2015 agreement reaches $1.8 billion Abuja – On June 2, 2020, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced notification of an additional $234.5 million in development assistance to continue support for the goals outlined in the 2015 bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement (DOAG) between the U.S. and Nigerian governments. Most of ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 6 June, 2020 | Topics: Agriculture, Education, Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: assistance, Malaria, Sanitation, USAID, Water
Abuja – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a three-year, $8 million Cooperative Agreement to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) that will boost the livelihoods of crop and livestock farmers in the conflict-affected states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe by improving the water supply in crisis-affected zones in northeast Nigeria. ‘Water for Agriculture’ ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 22 January, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Agriculture, Farmers, Herders, Northeast Nigeria, USAID, Water, Women
Kaduna, Nigeria – Today at the State House, the U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new water and sanitation activity that will help Kaduna and Bauchi states improve the health and hygiene of their populations. Under the two-year, $2.5 million Water and Sanitation Coordination Project (WCP), USAID will work with ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 11 May, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Sanitation, Water
