The event, titled: “Collaborating for Enhanced Food Security in Nigeria,” was held on Monday, a statement confirmed.
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This partnership aims to raise awareness about the critical issue of malnutrition, which affects millions of Nigerians, especially women and children.
The stakeholders made the vow during the closeout ceremony of the organisation’s health support project in the state.
The acting State Coordinator, Breakthrough Action-Nigeria, Ebonyi Field Office, Rabiat Hassan Ahmed, said this.
The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, also stressed the need to rebuild public trust and enhance service delivery in the Niger Delta region.
The two-day event highlighted the efforts of the Trade Hub to expand trade and investment opportunities and improve livelihoods and communities in West Africa.
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $9 million in humanitarian assistance to bolster disaster response efforts in Northeast Nigeria.
The Ebonyi State Nutrition Focal Person for Breakthrough Action-Nigeria, Clinton Ofoegbu, made this known.
Access to water and scarce water facilities have contributed to conflict between herders and farmers in the Northeast. The four-year (2019 – 2023) Water for Agriculture activity, implemented by Catholic Relief Services and partners, helped reduce tensions between the two communities. Across the three states, Water for Agriculture constructed and rehabilitated 21 water facilities, including dams, irrigation schemes, boreholes, and water retention ponds.
The programme, a one-day dialogue session, which was organised in Enugu Friday by SJN cluster with support from USAID
They noted that at a roundtable on Public Financial Management (PFM) in Yola that their inclusion in state budgets would end the trend where they depended on donors for funding.
The Agency for International Development (USAID) has celebrated the successful completion of its five-year social behavior change research activity, Breakthrough Research Nigeria, BR-Nigeria.
Peterx, who is also the Country’s Director, Equal Access International, made this known on the sideline of a three-day training under Palladium’s Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project, sponsored by USAID in Abuja.
Since 2021, Northeast Connection promoted nonviolent conflict resolution from the grassroots to state government levels in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. The activity provided over $2.1 million in small grants to almost 40 local organizations to strengthen local civil society capacity and promote local solutions to violence.
The development was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, at an event in Abuja on Wednesday.
ASR Africa will provide critical inputs, valued at $500,000, to the national TB and GBV responses.
The unusually heavy rainfall and resulting flooding has affected nearly 2.8 million people across the country.
Its Executive Director, Oliver Aja Chima, saidd this during its second bi-annual high level constituency-legislative interface.
The Director of the Office of Health Population Nutrition, Paul McDermott, spoke on behalf of USAID at the event
The admonition came during a two-day Training Workshop organised by the USAID- State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness, State2State Activity for its six project Sub-grantees and other selected CSOs in Ebonyi State.