Nigeria will receive a total of $1.57 billion from the World Bank to strengthen its human capital by improving health services for women, children and adolescents. A focus on dam safety and enhanced irrigation will also strengthen resilience to climate change impacts such as floods and droughts.
Funding allocations include $500 million to Address Governance Issues Holding Back Education and Health Service Delivery (HOPE-GOV), $570 million to the Primary Health Care Delivery Strengthening Program (HOPE-PHC); Includes $500 million for sustainable power and irrigation. Project (SPIN).
Dr. Ndiame Diop, World Bank Nigeria Country Director, emphasized the importance of investing in the health and education of Nigerians to improve future employment opportunities, productivity and incomes, and reduce poverty, especially among vulnerable groups. emphasized. He also stressed the importance of the SPIN program in protecting Nigerians from floods and droughts and increasing hydropower generation.
The combined HOPE-GOV and HOPE-PHC programs aim to support the government in strengthening service delivery in basic education and primary health care, which are critical to improving human capital outcomes in Nigeria .
The SPIN project aims to strengthen dam safety and water resource management for hydropower generation and irrigation in selected regions of Nigeria.
The HOPE-GOV program focuses on correcting governance weaknesses in government systems and procedures in the basic education and primary health care sectors, and specifically addresses challenges related to financial and human resource management.
The HOPE-PHC project is aligned with FG’s health sector reforms to improve the quality and access to reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health and nutrition services, and to reduce maternal and under-five mortality rates. , which aims to improve the resilience of health systems. This will benefit 40 million people, especially the most vulnerable.
Funding for the project includes $500 million in concessional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) and an additional $70 million from the Global Financial Facility for Women, Children and Youth (GFF), supported by the UK Foreign Office. Includes grants of USD (FCDO) and Children’s Investment Foundation Fund (CIFF).
The project will help households, farmers and livestock keepers by providing more reliable, climate-resilient and efficient irrigation and water supplies and increasing agricultural productivity through improved irrigation water management. Benefits up to 950,000 individuals, including:
Through the SPIN project, the government will develop a hydropower master plan and structured public-private partnership deals for hydropower projects.
