Nigeria

DFID Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell visits a low cost private school in Lagos, June 2011

Image: DFID Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell visits a low cost private school in Lagos, June 2011

Nigeria is home to 158 million people, but more than 100 million live on less than £1 per day. A stable, better governed and prosperous Nigeria would rapidly reduce poverty. It would also hugely benefit UK trade, energy and security interests, and help reduce crime and illegal migration.

Top priorities

Providing more children with a better education
Helping Nigeria use its oil revenues to improve the lives of its citizens
Providing more family planning and better health services to stop women dying in childbirth
Immunising more children, helping eradicate polio and distributing antimalarial bednets
Helping millions of people to get a bank account and use financial services to build their savings and small businesses

We will spend an average of £250 million per year in Nigeria until 2015.

Nigeria On DFID Bloggers

Avoiding the c-word in Nigeriaopens in a new window

posted 09 June 2011

Ok so I admit that’s a provocative title. But in many countries taking action on the two c-words “climate change” just isn’t a key priority. There are, perhaps, good reasons for this. A lot of countries feel there are more pressing needs to deal with rather than a distant, future problem. Take Nigeria for example...