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Hon. Minister of State for Edu., Dr. Yusuf T. Sununu; Director, Senior Secondary Edu., Hajia B. Abdulkadir; Project's Task Team Leader from the World Bank, Aisha Garba; and AGILE Project's National Coordinator, Mrs. Amina B. Haruna at the event

Participants undergoing training on Digital Literacy and Remote Learning Platforms in Borno State.

The AGILE Project National Coordinator represented by the National Lead, Digital Literacy and Remote Learning Platform, Mrs. Dije Musa Umar, distributing laptops to beneficiaries.

The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar CFR, mni (r)- Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero (l) and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Andrew, David Adejoh

The AGILE Project's Task Team Leader, Aisha Garba(2nd r); National Coordinator, Mrs. Amina Buba Haruna(3rd r); Deputy National Coordinator Mrs.Abuka Ajanigo

The National Project Coordinating Unit of the AGILE Project, Wednesday,10th May 2023 officially kicked off the National Campaign: MADUBI

Mrs Haruna being interviewed on the AGILE Project's achievements and prospects.

The National Coordinator, AGILE Project, Mrs Amina Buba Haruna, and other participants at the ongoing 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women(UN- CSW67) in New York. The event is to hold from the 5th to 17th March 2023

The National Coordinator, AGILE Project, Mrs Amina Buba Haruna, addressing participants at the 67th session of the ongoing United Nations Commission on the Status of Women(UN- CSW67) in New York. The event is to hold from the 5th -17th March, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR,(6th r); Hon. Min. of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen(5th r); Hon. Min. of Finance, Budget, and National planning, Zainab Ahmed(5th); representatives of development partners and AGILE school girls at the Launch in A

The WorldBank's Country Director,Mr. Shubham Chaudri addressing guests today in Abuja at the joint presidential launch of the AGILE Project, and other World Bank assisted girls and women empowerment Initiatives.

The NPC, Mrs. Amina Buba Haruna,(2nd l); TTL, Aisha Garba(3rd l); members of the NPCU; with representatives of AGILE schools after the joint presidential launch of the AGILE Project and other girls and women empowerment Initiatives, in Abuja.

The Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, represented by the Emir of Keffi giving his goodwill message at the event today in Abuja.

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The Permanent Secretary,Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Andrew, David Adejoh addressing dignitaries at the launch of the AGILE Project and other girls and women empowerment Initiatives today in Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, inaugurating the High Level Advisory Council on the AGILE project, other women empowerment initiatives today at the State House.

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The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, (AGILE) Project is a World Bank assisted project of the Federal Ministry of Education geared at improving secondary education opportunities for adolescent girls aged between 10 and 20.

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Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS)

This project is aimed at improving the country’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) System

Development Objective

To enhance the capacity of the Nigerian skills development system to produce relevant skills for the formal and informal sectors

About IDEAS Project

The Federal Government of Nigeria through Federal Ministry of Education has obtained a Credit to finance a new World Bank-supported project called: Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills (IDEAS) Project aim at improving the country’s TVET System. The objective of IDEAS project is to improve skills acquisition in Nigeria using a comprehensive approach and addressing key aspects of the skills development delivery system. It leverages industry involvement for better labour market fit and crowding in of private resources in the formal training system.

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This aims at providing grant funding for the rehabilitation and upgrading of selected Federal and State Technical College (TCs)

This component aims at delivering a comprehensive capacity development intervention package for the informal sector

This aims at improving the availability of appropriately skilled and competent Technical Teachers and Instructors (TTI)

This component will support further rolling-out of the Nigerian Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) reform

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20 Federal Technical Colleges & 18 State Technical Colleges are beneficiaries of the IDEAS Project

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The objective of the IDEAS Project is to enhance the capacity of Nigerian skills development to produce relevant skills for the formal and informal sectors.

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Improving education in Edo state, Nigeria: Time to focus on learning and sustainability

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Since 2018, the government of Nigeria has shown strong commitment to improve education outcomes and has been implementing a series of reforms under the label of “ EdoBEST ,” aiming to improve teaching and learning practices in Edo state. “The reforms in the education sector have been critical for our children. They are now learning how to read much faster. Stopping these reforms would mean killing education,” says Obebo, a community leader and parent of a primary school student in a rural school in Edo State.

Cost effective approaches to improve learning outcomes

The program’s design is well aligned with the evidence of what works to improve learning outcomes, with a focus on foundational learning. Every teacher in the state receives lesson plans, a form of structured pedagogy. In a recent report on cost-effective approaches to improve global learning produced by the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel, structured pedagogy was identified as a "good buy,” which means there is solid evidence that these interventions not only work but are also cost-effective.

Rigorous evidence from The Gambia and Kenya , among other countries, have shown significant positive results. In addition, schools in Edo are frequently visited by learning and development officers, that perform as coaches that utilize a classroom observation tool to assess teachers’ performance and provide individualized feedback. The interventions were also adapted to face the COVID-19 crisis and deliver education in times of crisis.

Despite the challenges and expected variation in the initial implementation of the program across the schools, the initiative has succeeded in improving the experience of students at scale. Today, more than 97 percent of primary schools are part of the program. Teachers’ attendance has increased dramatically to 83 percent, and a routine has been established through which teachers utilize lesson plans and receive constant feedback. Furthermore, the state actively promotes innovation and the use of technology for education. For instance, all the lesson plans are distributed via tablets, and the progress in delivering lessons can be tracked and monitored in real time.

From inputs to outcomes: Strengthening the focus on learning

But any reform process needs to be continuous, adaptative, and iterative. There are still critical steps needed to ensure high-quality learning across the state. As Edo state works to refine the EdoBEST program and reach every child by continuously committing to the quality of implementation across schools, at least two aspects deserve special attention: a stronger focus on outcomes and an emphasis on sustainability.

First, the interventions have had a focus on inputs, including teachers’ attendance, and have prioritized lesson completion as a key objective for teachers. While this was essential in the initial period, now that a routine has been established, it is critical to shift the focus toward outcomes. Edo state needs to prioritize that every child learns. With the support of the World Bank and the Accelerator Program , the government implemented a census-based learning assessment for English and math in February 2023. This is an important step towards ensuring that learning is the goal for Edo, while the inputs are just a means. The utilization of the data collected will be as important as the collection effort itself. Going forward, Edo needs to ensure that the data is harnessed for decision-making at the school and eventually at the classroom level and is leveraged to support those learners who need extra help.

Second, working on the sustainability of the interventions across political cycles is fundamental. If the interventions continue and are strengthened, a whole generation will benefit from learning, which means much more than schooling. For that to happen, sustainability should be ensured across three dimensions. First, institutional sustainability should be strengthened to ensure that the interventions do not depend only on the political will of the incumbent government. The state needs to continue the process of building a bureaucracy capable of implementing and improving the reforms over time. Second, financial sustainability should be a priority since the education sector will continue needing predictable and sufficient resources for the years to come. Finally, community support should be consolidated to guarantee that the reforms are sustained from the bottom up.

The commitment of community leaders like Obebo is crucial for the prioritization of education and the success of ongoing reforms. However, their support should go beyond mere school attendance and extend to the improvement of learning outcomes. In 2018, the government demonstrated strong political leadership by initiating bold reforms, and this same level of leadership will be necessary to ensure that the focus on improving education continues and is reinforced. Ultimately, the success of these efforts should pave the way for a brighter future for the children of Edo state.

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The World Bank is helping to fight poverty and improve living standards for the people of Nigeria with more than 130 IBRD loans and IDA credits since 1958.

Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. The political landscape is partly dominated by the ruling All Progressives Congress party (APC) which controls the executive arm of government and holds majority seats at both the Senate and House of Representatives in parliament, and majority of the States.  

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn into office on May 29, 2023, having won the February 2023 Presidential election. Nigeria continues to face many social and economic challenges that include insecurity such as banditry and kidnappings especially in the northwest region, continued insurgency by terrorist groups in the north-east, and separatist agitations in the south-east. President Tinubu has continuously pledged to turn around the economy and ensure security across the country. Civil society, the media and other civil groups have committed to sustain advocacy for reforms and actions towards better economic and social outcomes for citizens. 

Economic Overview

Between 2000 and 2014, Nigeria’s economy experienced broad-based and sustained growth of over 7% annually on average, benefitting from favorable global conditions, and macroeconomic and first-stage structural reforms. From 2015-2022, however, growth rates decreased and GDP per capita flattened, driven by monetary and exchange rate policy distortions, increasing fiscal deficits due to lower oil production and a costly fuel subsidy program, increased trade protectionism, and external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Weakened economic fundamentals led the country’s inflation to reach a 24-years high of 31.7% in February 2024, which, in combination with sluggish growth, has pushed millions of Nigerians into poverty.

Following a change in administration in May 2023, the country has been pursuing bold reforms to reestablish macroeconomic conditions for stability and growth. The petrol fiscal subsidy was partially eliminated, and FX reforms have led to the unification of FX markets and to a market-reflective exchange rate. To alleviate the inflationary effects of these reforms on the most vulnerable, the government has been implementing temporary cash transfers to reach 15 million households. Efforts are also being made to tighten monetary policy and refocus the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its core mandate of maintaining price stability.

The continuation of the reform momentum is essential for Nigeria to reap its full benefits. The dissipation of the reforms’ initial shock and the stabilization of macroeconomic conditions will instill a sustained but still slow growth in the non-oil economy, while the oil sector is projected to stabilize. Higher growth rates will require structural reforms. Exchange rate liberalization should contribute to both fiscal and external balances. Inflation is expected to gradually decrease on the back of monetary policy tightening and exchange rate stabilization. As a result, poverty rates are expected to increase in 2024 and 2025 before stabilizing in 2026. Risks to Nigeria’s outlook are substantial, especially if reforms lose momentum or are reversed. Risks include relatively weak monetary policy tightening, failure to address imbalances in petrol pricing and to raise non-oil revenues. Rising insecurity, adverse climate shocks, and popular discontent with inflation would also dent economic recovery.

Development Challenges  

Despite having the largest economy and population in Africa, Nigeria offers limited opportunities to most of its citizens. Nigerians born in 2020 are expected to be future workers 36% as productive as they could be if they had full access to education and health, the 7 th lowest human capital index in the world. Weak job creation and entrepreneurial prospects stifle the absorption of the 3.5 million Nigerians entering the labor force every year, and many workers choose to emigrate in search of better opportunities. The poverty rate is estimated to have reached 38.9% in 2023, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians living below the poverty line — the world’s second-largest poor population after India.  

Spatial inequality continues to be large, with the best-performing regions of Nigeria comparing favorably to upper middle-income countries, while the worst performing states fare below the average for low-income. In most areas of Nigeria, state capacity is low, service delivery is limited, and insecurity and violence are widespread. Infrastructure gaps constrain access to electricity and hinder the domestic economic integration that would allow the country to leverage its large market size, which is aggravated by trade protectionism. Emerging problems such as the increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events, especially in the northern parts of the country, add to these long-standing development challenges.

Recent reforms offer a launching pad to a new social compact for Nigeria’s development. Strengthening macroeconomic fundamentals will allow structural reforms to be pursued and economic growth to be restored. The current low social and economic equilibrium could be switched to one marked by a better funded and more effective State that provides efficient public services, public goods, and a conducive economic environment for the private sector to flourish and create more quality jobs for Nigerians.

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The World Bank Group enjoys a strong partnership with Nigeria through a strategy to support the government in its development’s objectives to end extreme poverty and increase shared prosperity. A new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) was approved in December 2020 to guide the World Bank Group’s support to Nigeria from 2021-2024.

The  Country Partnership Strategy period (FY2020-FY2024)  is structured around four key engagement areas:

• Investing in Human Capital and harnessing Nigeria’s demographic dividend,
• Promoting Jobs and Economic Transformation and Diversification,
• Reducing Fragility and building Resilience,
• Strengthening the Foundations of the Public sector.

The World Bank is supporting Nigeria with an active investment of $12.2 billion in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). Nigeria is also one of the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) fastest growing portfolios in the region.  

The World Bank Group’s support is structured around several priorities as highlighted in the CPF which aims to promote diversified growth and job creation, with a focus on youth, women, and the poor in marginalized areas, and social inclusion, through higher quality and efficiency in social service delivery at the state level. It also aims at fostering macroeconomic resilience and advancing structural reforms for private sector-led, non-oil growth. This includes empowering women and girls and increasing their human capital and economic opportunities, increasing domestic revenue mobilization, and improving the quality of public expenditures and strengthening debt management. The World Bank Group also supports increased engagement in the climate resilient agenda as well as  Nigeria’s response  to the COVID-19 pandemic and its post-recovery efforts.

In  conflict-affected North-East  Nigeria, the Bank Group is stepping up its support to address service delivery gaps, livelihood deficits, and social cohesion issues, as well as providing support to economic diversification. 

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AGRICULTURE: The World Bank’s support for the agricultural sector, including through the Commercial Agriculture Development Projec t, the Transforming Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project and West Africa Agriculture Productivity Project —has helped Nigeria strengthen agricultural production:

•  Over 7 million farmers received improved agricultural technology

•  Farmers cultivating tomatoes and rice contributed 26% and 14.27%, to national production respectively, in 2019

•  Cassava farmers realized more than $55 million as revenue and a gross margin of over $36 million in 2019

•  Rice, sorghum and tomatoes farmers realized gross margins of over $288 million, $169 million, and $53 million respectively

•  A Farmers’ Microfinance Bank birthed from FADAMA gives loans at low interest rate of 3.5% for business startup and expansion, with 80% recovery rate. The amount saved from the FADAMA enterprises was over $200,000 as at 2019

•  Export of over 10,000 metric tons of smoked fish and other Agric-products

•  3,102 hectares received improved irrigation services through the ongoing rehabilitation of 3 dams located in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kano states under the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria project

CLIMATIC RESILIENCE: The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management enhanced Nigeria’s capacity on the preparedness to respond to natural hazards, climate risks and natural disasters, which has led to the following;

•   About 2,201 hectares of the land area have been reclaimed in the immediate gully site micro-catchments as at June 2020, including reclamation and afforestation programs across northern states

•    16 States now have improved erosion risk maps, towards ensuring better-quality catchment management plans prepared for 31 sites across States.

•   75 hydromet stations providing data for integrated catchment planning have been installed across the country

•  2 stormwater master plans have been completed for Onitsha in Anambra State, Aba and Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, strengthening and streamlining the country's Environmental Impact Assessment process

•  Issuance of Nigeria’s second tranche of Sovereign Green Bond (for $42 million) after the first green bond, to finance climate change activities. Activities financed by the initial tranche of Green Bonds, such as solar plants in seven selected Federal Government Universities and a Renewable Energy Micro-Utility project in Torankawa community in Sokoto State, have been completed

SOCIAL SAFETY NET: The Community and Social Development Project has

•  Led to Institutionalization of Community & Social Development Agencies across implementing states, which serves as a platform for program sustainability by state government or further interventions by other donor partners

•  Recorded over 3 million direct project beneficiaries including Internally displaced persons in the North East of Nigeria

•  4,662 new communities and over 1.8 million households have access to social services (of which IDPs constitute more than 10% of residents) as against 1,000 communities and 500,000 households baseline values respectively

•  800 new poor communities with access to natural resource management services (of which IDP’s constitute more than 10% of residents)

•  Over 1,510 rehabilitated and 256 newly built health centers

•  Over 2,362 rehabilitated and 300 newly built classrooms

•   Increased school enrollment with records of over 18,000 Boys and 14,000 Girls enrolled in primary education schools

•   An estimated 36 million people in 13,299 cluster of communities have benefitted directly and indirectly from the original and additional Financing resources

The National Social Safety Net Project has:

•  Created a National Social Registry (NSR) for Nigeria

•  Captured about 814,376 households included in the National Social Registry and recorded about 3.2 million Direct Project Beneficiaries of the program, 49% of this number are female

•   By June 2019, almost a million poor and vulnerable households in the NSR had benefitted from 10,000 Naira bi-monthly Conditional Cash Transfer program; expected to reach 1 million poor and vulnerable households by end of 2019

•   Benefitted 20 states from targeted cash transfers

•   Helped 1,200 beneficiaries from 30 communities save more than 22 million naira in 18 months from their conditional cash transfers. This fund is being used as start-up capital for small businesses to generate income and improve their livelihood. 

Last Updated: Nov 03, 2020

The WBG is an active partner in donor coordination. Partners in Nigeria include: African Development Bank (AFDB); Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); European Union (EU); French Development Agency (AFD); German Agency for International Development (GIZ); German Development Bank—KfW; International Monetary Fund (IMF); Islamic Development Bank; Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); UK Department for International Development (DfID); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and the Agencies of the United Nations, particularly the UNDP and UNICEF. 

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From 2013–18, 58,961 youths, of whom 40% were female, received a cash payment in return for working in a public works program. During the same period, 25,000 women were trained in life skills training, 1,000 women graduated from internship programs, and 3,000 women were trained in vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

From 2016–18, 981,000 poor and vulnerable households received targeted cash transfers, of whom 92% were women.

In 2018, 1.7 million poor households in 4,051 communities benefited from improved social services, more than 10% of whom were internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria. From 2009– 18, 2,900 classrooms were built, and 1,214 health centers were built or rehabilitated, benefiting 3.04 million people.

Improved public expenditure management allowed some states to reduce the deviation of budgeted expenditure to 12% in 2018, down from 23.3% in 2011. 55% of public contracts were published on official state websites in 2018, up from 22.3% in 2011.

1.9 million children under age two were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018, up from 270,644 children in 2008. 36.2 million children under age one were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018.

620,440 births were attended by a skilled health professional in 2018, up from 76,960 in 2010. From 2010–18, 10 million people received basic health care, of whom 63% were women. During the same period, 10.9 million children under age five were treated as outpatients, up from 346,990 in 2010.

From 2013–18, six million people received basic nutrition services, of whom 3.3 million were women.

97.7% of children were immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 2018, up from 91.8% in 2012. Nigeria achieved and sustained 80% coverage with OPV immunization and improved regular immunization. Since August 2016, there have been no cases of wild poliovirus.

53,677 pregnant women living with HIV received a complete course of antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission in 2016, up from 26,133 in 2010. During the same period, 8,308 health facilities provided HIV counseling and testing services, up from 1,064.

3,102 hectares of land were improved with irrigation and drainage services, benefiting 123,560 people in northern Nigeria in 2018. 186 staff were trained on dam safety and dam management, and 3,644 people adopted improved agriculture technology.

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The Federal Government and the World Bank have expressed their commitment to providing electricity access to 300 million people across Africa by 2030.

This was as they promised to implement critical reforms to boost productivity in the Nigerian power sector.

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, gave the pledge during an interaction with the Vice President for Infrastructure at the World Bank, Guangzhou Chen.

A statement posted on the Finance Ministry’s X handle on Thursday stated that the meeting focused on addressing ongoing challenges in the sector and accelerating efforts to improve electricity access across the nation.

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During the meeting, the finance minister emphasised President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to the Mission 300 project, a joint initiative by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, to provide electricity access to 300 million people across Africa by 2030.

The statement noted that the partnership was part of “the need for reforms that would improve efficiency, expand access, and ensure sustainable energy solutions for Nigeria’s growing population.”

Others present at the meeting included Ndiame Diop, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria; Franz Drees-Gross, Director of Infrastructure for West Africa; Taimur Samad, Operations Manager at the World Bank; and representatives from the Office of the Special Adviser on Energy to the President, among others.

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Nigeria: Govt Signs N589bn Partnership With UK to Boost Education, Health, Other Sectors

Abuja — The federal government yesterday signed eight partnership agreements with the United Kingdom (UK) valued at about N589 billion (£272.6 million) to boost governance, climate change, education, health, and the economy.

The programme implementation agreements signed by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, and the UK Charge d' Affaires, Ms Cynthia Rowe, committed both countries to collaboration in those critical sectors.

Speaking at the ceremony in Abuja, Bagudu expressed appreciation for the UK government's support, describing it was a significant show of friendship.

He said the timing of the implementation agreement was significant given the downward trend of world economies, noting that "Many economies in the world are going through turbulent times", and that "Nigeria and the UK are not exceptions."

The minister praised the UK's spirit of partnership, which enabled it to support other countries despite its economic challenges.

Bagudu noted that some agreements would benefit more than Nigeria, explaining that they deal with global issues.

He said: "Health is no longer a local issue. COVID-19 reminded us that we have a shared universe. Climate is a universal phenomenon. Governance is no longer a local issue. Governance failure in one country can affect other countries through forced migration, conflict or the spread of arms."

The minister also highlighted President Bola Tinubu's administration's recent economic reforms, which he regretted had caused some discomfort among the people.

However, he explained that they were part of its Renewed Hope agenda strategies aimed at macroeconomic stability that would stimulate local and foreign investments needed for the nation's economic revival, growth, and development.

Bagudu said the agreements recognised that despite the best efforts of a country, it might not have all the resources it needed to meet its developmental needs, adding that Nigeria was confident that with working partners, it would overcome its challenges.

The minister thanked the charge d'affaires for her cooperation and assistance in ensuring the consummation of the implementation agreements, which he said were the 15th to be signed by the ministry within a month.

In her remarks, Rowe commiserated with Nigeria over the recent flood in some states and expressed how sorry the UK was over the incident.

She appreciated Nigeria's long-standing cooperation and praised the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning for being an integral partner that had shaped the relations.

The new implementation agreements, she said, would complement the over £1 billion that had been spent on several programmes in states across the country.

She said: "I am passionate about the UK's close relationship with Nigeria and working with the government to advance the country's development agenda.

"The signing of these important agreements today builds on our support worth over £1 billion, delivering real improvements for people in health, education, governance, our work with women and girls, and helping where there is humanitarian need."

For decades, the implementation agency, the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO), has been actively engaged in other sectors of the country's national development, demonstrating a long-term commitment to Nigeria's growth and stability. This includes human development, the Lake Chad Basin Conflict, UK-Nigeria People-to-People links, and economic transformation.

The FCDO has set four clear objectives for the partnership agreements. These include delivering honest, reliable investment, providing women and girls with the freedom to succeed, stepping up life-saving support in times of crisis, and promoting sustainable economic development.

These goals aim to help Nigeria attain a more stable, inclusive, resilient, healthy and prosperous polity.

The star agreement, with a three-year budget of N324 billion (£150 million), is the Human Assistance and Resilience Program (HARP). It aims to deliver on the integrated review of an earlier programme, "Force for Good Agenda," and provide life-saving humanitarian assistance in the Northeast.

The Nigeria Governance and Climate Change Programme (NGCP) follows it with an N84 billion (£83.8 million) spending plan.

It aims to support coalitions engaging with the government on areas to help resolve climate and governance problems affecting the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians; increase state government income from internally generated revenue; mainstream climate action in the centre of state government policy, planning, and budgets; and strengthen election delivery and credibility.

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The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRING), which aims to reduce conflict and support Nigerian communities to better adapt to the effects of climate change, was also signed.

With a budget of N82 billion (£38 million), SPRING will support the reduction of rural violence and increased peace, security, justice and climate resilience for citizens in volatile regions of Northern Nigeria.

Other agreements are the Equipment Support for Health Training Institutions (ESHTI) N8.3 billion (£3.8 million); Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Basic Services (CRIBS) N41 billion (£19 million); Building Resilience in Nigeria's Nutrition Stockpile (BRINNS) N26 billion (£12 million); and Strengthening Humanitarian Access in Nigeria (SHAN) N24 billion (£11 million).

The last of the agreements is the Manufacture Africa, which proposes to help drive the inclusive economic transformation needed to create jobs for the future by providing technical assistance to African countries to the tune of N151 billion (£70 million).

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