The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has announced an investment plan of $100m towards educational improvement in Nigeria. Mrs. Jill Jupiter-Jones, Team Leader, Education, USAID, disclosed this recently in Lagos.
She explained that the goal for the investment is geared towards educational development, particularly in Northern Nigeria with focus on girl-child education. “The money would be allocated to five North-Western states of Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Sokoto to boost education. The focus is on the northern part of the country because the rate of education in the area is the lowest, particularly the issue of girl-child education,” she said.
“We are designing projects in five states in Nigeria: Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Sokoto and Katsina, through the Global Partnership for Education. One hundred million dollars will be divided amongst these states to carry out a lot of activities that would improve the educational sector of the country. We will invest money into these states to fill in gaps that state governments cannot fill. We are working together with JICA, UNICEF and DFID.
“The application process for the fund would be ready by mid-September and the funds would be released in 2014,” she explained.
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