USAID Provides $10.5Million In Assistance To Displaced Populations In Northeast Nigeria

The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle, today (June 11) announced the awarding of a $10.5 million grant by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in humanitarian assistance for internally displaced populations in the northeast. This revelation was made in a statement contained on the USAID/Nigeria Facebook page and published today.

The statement says: "The grants will support the activities of the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve access to health care services for affected populations in Boko Haram affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states.

"With this new funding, total U.S. humanitarian assistance since the start of the crisis is nearly $44 million."

 

Photo & News Credit: USAID/Nigeria