FG Gets N1.21bn EU, Japan Grants To Fight Insurgency
The Federal Government has received two grants totalling
N1.2bn from the European Union and the Government of Japan to tackle insurgency
in the North-East as well as to improve the level of disaster management in the
country.
The agreement for the release of the grant was signed in
Abuja between the Federal Government and representatives from the EU and the
government of Japan.
Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman, signed
on behalf of the Federal Government while the Head of the European Union
Delegation to Nigeria, Mr. Michel Arrion, and the Charge the Affairs of Japan,
Mr. Masaya Otsuka, signed on behalf of the EU and Japan respectively, Punch
reports.
