Nigeria, EU sign over €900m agreements for developmental projects

Nigeria and the European Union, on Thursday, signed finance agreements worth over €900m for development projects.

The agreements were signed at the EU-Nigeria Strategic Dialogue in Abuja.

It formed a central part of the EU-Nigeria cooperation to advance the country’s green, resilient, digitally inclusive transition under Government Priorities and Global Gateway.

Developed jointly between the EU and Nigeria, the first signed agreement would drive new programmes through Global Gateway as follows: climate-smart agriculture, €29m); sustainable energy, €37m; access to health services, €45m; and education support to youth and education development in the North-West region, €5.4m.

Source: punch