Japan donates $558,455 to grassroots projects in Nigeria
The Japanese government has made a total of $1.4 billion in total grants in economic development in Nigeria over the course of 49 years, from 1966 to 2015.
The breakdown of this sum includes $180 million for technical cooperation, $459 million for economic projects, $773 million for polio eradication and $64 million for humanitarian support in the North East.
A signing ceremony for a new donation of $558,455 under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Human Security Projects (GGP) was also given yesterday to five beneficiaries to support the growth of the economy and healthcare in grassroots communities.
The ceremony took place on Thursday, at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan in Abuja.
The Charge d’Affairs of Japan to Nigeria, Mr. Shigeru Umetsu, who signed the grants, revealed that additional grants make the number of total projects 170, and an estimated amount of $11 million disbursed during the 20-year history of the GGP in Nigeria.
“The government of Japan has been working to support the improvement of lives of people in Nigeria. The GGP aims to tackle urgent socio-economic problems at the community level,” Umetsu said.
“Japan is strongly to assisting Nigeria’s development,” he added.
The five beneficiaries of the grant are the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital committed economic that got $155,877 for procurement of medical equipment and Development Africa were granted $135,630 for a solar power system for the Family Care Elegushi Medical Center in Lagos.
$89,285 was also awarded to the International Centre Energy, Environment & Development Foundation for the renovation of the Amachara Health and Education Resource Center and provision of solar panels in Ebonyi state, $89,106 to the Street to School Initiative for improvement of the primary health care facility in Alimosho, Lagos state and $88,557 to the Nasarawa Agricultural Development Programme (NADP) for provision of rice reapers and threshers in Awe, Obi and Keana local government areas in the state.