The United States (US) says it has sent more than $8.1 billion in total assistance for Nigeria over the past 20 years, including more than $5.2 billion for health.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Morgan Ortagus, U.S. State Department Spokesperson made this known in a fact sheet released on Friday.
According to the fact sheet, Nigeria has received “Nearly $42 million in assistance, which includes more than $3.3 million for health assistance and $34 million in IDA humanitarian funding for risk-communications, water and sanitation, infection-prevention, coordination, and emergency food assistance; and more than $4.7 million in MRA humanitarian assistance for vulnerable people.
“On August 11, USAID handed over a donation of 200 ventilators to the Nigerian government. This assistance joins more than $8.1 billion in total assistance for Nigeria over the past 20 years, including more than $5.2 billion for health”.