and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
have amended a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to extend their joint
funding arrangements to support Nigeria's electoral processes through
2020 with an increased DFID contribution.
This was made known in a statement made available to DAILY POST on
Wednesday by British High Commission in Nigeria.
It noted that the additional £5.5 million (US $7.3 million) pledged by
the UK brings DFID's contribution to the joint funding arrangements
since 2014 to $26 million, augmenting the $34 million provided by
USAID since that time, bringing the total funding support for free,
fair, transparent, and peaceful Nigerian elections through this joint
mechanism to $60 million over six years.
The amendment update was signed at the U.S. Embassy by USAID Mission
Director Stephen M. Haykin and DFID Governance and Social Development
Team Leader Oliver Blake.
It will continue support for programs in election administration,
voter education, and nonpartisan civil society domestic election
monitoring, for the 2019 elections and the post-election period.
"Today's signing is a reminder of the longstanding, shared commitment
of the Nigerian, British, and American peoples to promoting democracy,
in particular, peaceful and inclusive elections," Haykin said at the
event.
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