COVID-19: Nigeria gets $41.3m aid from America
In a statement on Thursday, the Department of State said the amount was part of a $1.3billion COVID-19 aid for 120 countries.Also, $34million was earmarked for “humanitarian funding for risk-communications, water and sanitation, infection-prevention, coordination and emergency food assistance”.
Additionally, $4.1million is for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable people, including internally displaced persons. America said the aid “joins more than $8.1billion in total assistance for Nigeria over the past 20 years. The statement disclosed that about $100billion had been committed to global health funding in the last 10 years.
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