The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has said it spends at least $400 million annually to intervene in development programmes across Nigeria.
Mr. Stephen M. Haykin, the USAID/Nigeria Mission Director disclosed this yesterday at the sidelines of the Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) close-out and dissemination workshop held in Abuja.
He said USAID has a range of development programmes particularly in the social sector, including education, strengthening health systems, health supervision, water and sanitation services.
He also said USAID also work to straighten a lot of governance issues and other humanitarian programmes in the north eastern Nigeria.
“In Sokoto and Bauchi states, later expanding to Kano and Rivers, LEAD has helped local governments decentralize decision-making processes and promote citizen participation in government decision-making in order to ensure improved service delivery in critical social sectors such as health, education, and water and sanitation,” he said.
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