The bank said on Wednesday that the projects would be
focusing on improving immunisation and providing an enabling business
environment for private sector.
The World Bank has approved $2.2bn loan for six projects to
support Nigeria’s development priorities.
According to PM News, the bank said on Wednesday that the
projects would be focusing on improving immunisation and providing an enabling
business environment for private sector.
It explained that the approved programme of support in the
fiscal year 2020 included Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by
Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services.
The projects will strengthen health systems to deliver
effective primary health care and improve immunisation, malaria control, and
child and maternal health in selected states.
The project aimed to improve vaccination coverage; the
percentage of children under five who sleep under insecticide treated nets from
28 per cent to 41 per cent, and improve the percentage of women who receive
post-natal check-ups from 47 per cent to 55 per cent.
It stated that the project was financed under concessional
terms through an International Development Association, with credit of $650m.
“Nigeria Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project
will upgrade rural roads and improve connectivity and access to local markets
and agrobusiness services in 13 states.
“In particular, the project will upgrade about 1,600
kilometres of rural roads and improve 65 agro-logistics centres. These
interventions are expected to increase by up to 10 per cent the proportion of
the population living within two kilometres of an all-season road.
“The project is financed through an IDA credit of $280m,
co-financing of $230m dollars from the French Development Agency and $65m from
the Government of Nigeria,’’ the World Bank said in the statement.
"Nigeria Digital Identification for Development Project
will support the National Identity Management Commission to increase the number
of persons who have a National Identification Number, reaching about 150
million in the next couple of years,’’ it added.
It further stated that this would enable people in Nigeria,
especially marginalised groups, to access welfare-enhancing services.
It explained that the project would also enhance the ID
system’s legal and technical safeguards to protect personal data and privacy.
“This is financed through an IDA credit of $115m and
co-financing of $100m from the French Agency for Development and 215 million
dollars from the European Investment Bank.
“Ogun State Economic Transformation Project will catalyse
private investment in the state by improving the business-enabling environment,
strengthening agri-food value-chains and upgrading skills.
“Amongst some of the key results, the project will support
the issuance of 15,000 Certificates of Occupancy, facilitate off-taker
arrangements with agribusinesses for up to 40,000 farmers.
“It will improve STEM (Science Technology Engineering
Mathematics), teaching in up to 70 per cent of public secondary schools,
financed through an IDA credit of $250m.
“Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition
of Skills Project will strengthen the skills of 50,000 Nigerian students and
enhance the capacity of technical teachers to better equip them for jobs in the
formal and informal sectors.
“The project will increase female enrolment rate from 13 per
cent to 23 per cent in technical colleges and provide recognised skills and
certification to 3,000 youths after completing an informal apprenticeship.
“This is financed through an IDA credit of $200m,’’ World
Bank added.
It said the projects would also capture expansion of the
digital economy to promote job creation and increase capacity of public and
private sector on governance, social and environmental safeguards.
“These projects are focused on delivering better services to
Nigerian citizens. This means ensuring that children are immunised and sleep
under mosquito nets.
“They are also aimed at improving rural mobility with better
roads, and providing citizens with a unique identification number to be able to
better target social safety nets.
“The World Bank is also ramping up its support to Nigeria in
its efforts to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty,” the bank stated.
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