The World Bank on Tuesday announced the approval of six development projects valued at about $2.1885 billion for execution in Nigeria in 2020.
The World Bank said on Wednesday the approved projects are to support Nigeria’s development priorities focused on improving immunisation, providing an enabling business environment for the private sector, expanding the digital economy to promote job creation, and increasing the capacity of public and private sector on governance, social and environmental safeguards.
“These projects focus squarely on delivering better services for Nigerians: ensuring that children are immunized and sleep under mosquito nets, building better roads, especially in rural areas, and providing Nigeria’s poorest citizens with a unique identification that will make social safety nets and services more effective,” World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, said.
The project is targeted at strengthening health systems to deliver effective primary health care and improve immunisation, malaria control, and child and maternal health in selected states. The project to be financed under concessional terms through an International Development Association Another approved project was theto upgrade rural roads and improve connectivity and access to local markets and agro-business services in 13 states.
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