By Nana Musa
The Federal Government has signed the implementation agreement with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, signed the agreement in Abuja on Thursday.
“FCDO objectives are to deliver honest reliable investment, provide women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed, stepping up life-saving support in times of crisis and promoting sustainable economic development.
“The objective were part of the UK’s broader commitment to supporting a more stable inclusive, resilient, healthy and prosperous country with a focus on partnership and mutual accountability,” Bagudu said.
He said that implementation agreements are: Strengthening peace and resilience in Nigeria, Nigeria governance and climate change programme, equipment support for health training institutions.
Climate resilient infrastructure for basic services, building resilience in Nigeria’s nutrition stockpile, strengthening humanitarian access in Nigeria.
Also, humanitarian assistance and resilience programme phase 2 and manufacturing Africa.
The minister said that FCDO in the country was actively engaged various sectors like, governance, human development, the lake chad basin conflict, UK-Nigeria people to people links and economic transformation.
