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U.S. Government Launches $2.5 million Water and Sanitation Project for Kaduna & Bauchi States

The U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new water and sanitation activity that will help Kaduna and Bauchi states improve the health and hygiene of their populations.

Water and SanitationUnder the two-year, $2.5 million Water and Sanitation Coordination Project (WCP), USAID will work with Bauchi and Kaduna states.  Both states have recently received substantial investments for water and sanitation infrastructure from the World Bank and African Development Bank.

The WCP will provide governance support for these new infrastructure facilities and also generate data critical to develop enhanced Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programming and build a community of practice for WASH professionals throughout Nigeria.

USAID is working with the Kaduna and Bauchi state water boards to maintain a path toward financial and commercial viability.  By strengthening their capacity to make solid investment decisions, improving billing and collections, and being responsive to the concerns of their customers, more people and businesses will ultimately have access to water and sanitation services.

According to the UN, about 57 million people lack access to safe drinking water in Nigeria.  Each year, waterborne illnesses kill around 1 million Nigerian children under the age of five.

The new activity builds upon the USAID Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa activity in Bauchi, Ebonyi, and Rivers states.  Improving WASH services is a component of a broader Memorandum of Understanding in support of economic growth between USAID and the Kaduna state government signed in April.

 

 

USAID & Bauchi State Government Sign MoU On Education

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) represented by the USAID Mission Director Michael T. Harvey has signed a five (5) years Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bauchi state represented by His Excellency the Governor of Bauchi Barrister M.A. Abubaker on improving the education sector in Bauchi state.

USAID & Bauchi State

The five-year MoU sets out the shared and individual commitments for collaboration in the education sector made by both USAID and the Government of Bauchi and provides a framework for mutual accountability for education activities in Bauchi State. The MoU supports the Bauchi state government’s goals and targets in its education sector strategic plans, and establishes a preliminary plan for joint monitoring and evaluation of progress.

USAID supports Nigeria’s efforts to improve the quality of and access to basic education. Currently, USAID implements three activities that support Bauchi State efforts to improve the education sector: Northern Education Initiative Plus, Education Crisis Response, and the Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development. These activities build state and local government capacity and systems that will teach approximately 2 million primary school children how to read and allow nearly 551,000 children the opportunity to attend classes in community-based learning centers by the year 2020.