The United
States Agency for International Development has said that it had spent N9.12
billion (about $30 million), to promote family planning and other health
interventions in Nigeria annually.
The Director
of Health, Population and Nutrition, USAID Nigeria, Dr Nancy Lawanthal, who
made this disclosure at the ongoing 4th National Family Planning Conference in
Abuja, noted that the agency had made significant investment in reproductive
health in Nigeria.
The director
noted that the USAID has devoted over $30m on reproductive health in Nigeria
explaining that health intervention in Nigeria is one of the agency’s largest
country programmes in the world.
According to
her, Nigerians have not been leading the programme as expected as no donor had
been able to front for USAID in Nigeria.
Lawanthal
added that USAID needed stronger commitment from Nigerians to derive the values
and benefits of reproductive health services in the country adding that donors’
commitment was less important than the commitment of Nigerians themselves.
“With close to
600 million girls growing up in developing countries, achieving global
prosperity starts with educating and empowering these young women so they can
be healthy, productive members of their communities and become agents of
change. As donor partners, we also need to see more resources on the table to
create more demand for family planning services in Nigeria,” she said.sunnewsonline
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