Tag: USAID
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Patients dying: NGO raises alarm over U.S. aid cuts
UK-based charity Save the Children on Wednesday reported that eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died during a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera.
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U.S. Govt officially begins dismissing 1,600 USAID employees
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has officially begun the massive dismissal of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees. The development may lead to thousands losing their jobs, USAID has said in a notification.
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Ogun assures continued HIV/AIDS services amid USAID funding suspension
The Ogun Government, on Tuesday, assured its citizens of uninterrupted HIV/AIDS services following the funding suspension of public health programmes by the USAID. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, in a statement issued in Abeokuta, said the government was committed to ensuring the organisation’s withdrawal of support didn’t create a vacuum.
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Trump to cut USAID employees to under 300
The workforce of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be slashed to just a few hundred employees from the weekend onwards, U.S. media reported on Thursday.
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USAID contractors sack staff amid Trump Aid cuts chaos
President Donald Trump’s overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance has led to chaos in aid and development, leaving hundreds of contractors in a severe financial crunch. Some aid agencies have already to lay off staff and others are facing millions of dollars in unpaid invoices.
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USAID awards N1.72bn grant to combat cholera in Lagos
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Lagos Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (LUWASH) has awarded grants worth N1.72 billion to eight local organisations for interventions against cholera outbreak.
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Nollywood actress, Chioma bags USAID goodwill ambassador
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has named Nollywood actress, Chioma Akpotha, as its maiden ‘Goodwill Ambassador for Nutrition’ in Nigeria.
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Nigeria, other African countries should prepare for high food prices – USAID
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has warned Nigeria and other African countries to prepare for higher food prices, citing the recent developments that have temporarily halted Ukraine’s food exports to African countries as the root cause. USAID’s Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, Isobel Coleman, said this on Thursday at a virtual…
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Cyberattacks: NITDA cautions against hacking group masquerading as USAID
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged Nigerians to beware of a widespread malicious email campaign undertaken by a hacking group, Nobelium. NITDA warned that the group is masquerading as the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Mrs Hadiza Umar, NITDA Cooperate Affairs and External Relations’ Head, gave the warning in a statement…
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Nigeria’s peaceful co-existence crucial to Africa’s devt — USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Saturday stressed the need for peaceful co-existence among ethnic groups in Nigeria to engender development in the nation and in Africa. The USAID Mission Director, Mr Stephen Haykin, made the declaration in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. He spoke on the sidelines of the premier of a…