Germany and Nigeria have signed over N14 billion
agreement (€29,900,000.00 Euros – N14,142,700,000.00) in support of polio
eradication in the country.
The agreement was signed yesterday in Abuja by top
officials from both countries.
German Deputy Head of Mission in Nigeria, Regine
Hess, signed on behalf of the Germany Government, while Nigeria’s Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Executive Director of the
National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, signed on
behalf of the country.
This will be the 9th of such financial agreement and
support for polio eradication in Nigeria by the Federal Republic of Germany.
In a statement signed by the Head, Public Relation,
NPHCDA, Mr. Saadu Salahu,
Onyeama commended the German Government for its huge
support to Nigeria, not only on polio eradication, but other equally
important sectors of the country.
He recalled various efforts by the Nigerian
Government to eradicate polio and expressed Federal Government’s appreciation
to the WHO, UNICEF, German Government and others towards making Nigeria polio
free.
In her address, Hess expressed joy over her
country’s sustained support for polio eradication in Nigeria.
She expressed optimism and confidence that Nigeria
would soon join the rest of the world as a polio free Nation.
In his response, Dr. Shuaib highlighted huge
financial commitments of President Buhari’s administration to polio eradication
in Nigeria.
He said these included N9.8billion in 2016, N4.2billion
in 2017 and N4.1 billion for 2018.
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