STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
At a meeting in Washington today with representatives of the World Bank, the
Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Health Organization (WHO),
President Buhari said apart from rebuilding the region in terms of
infrastructure, priority must also be given to the resettlement of
internally displaced persons (IDPs), who now number over one million.
He
urged the World Bank to send a team, which would work in concert with a
team from the Federal Government, so that a proper assessment of needs
could be done.
The
World Bank will spend the 2.1 billion dollars through its IDA
(International Development Agency), which gives low interest rates loans
to government. The first 10 years will be interest free, while an
additional 30 years will be at lower than capital market rate.
The
World Bank is eager to move in quickly, give out the loans, and give
succor to the people of North-east, long at the mercy of an insurgency
that has claimed over 20,000 souls.
WHO is
also to invest 300 million dollars on immunization against malaria in
Nigeria, while the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will collaborate
with Dangote Foundation to ensure that the country maintains its zero
polio case record of the past one year. If the effort is sustained for
another two years, Nigeria will be declared fully free of polio.
FEMI ADESINA
SPECIAL ADVISER, MEDIA AND PUBLICITY
JULY 21,2015
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