The World Bank has approved three funding operations for Nigeria, totaling one point eight billion dollars in concessional financing.

These initiatives aim to improve quality of education, strengthen household and community resilience, and enhance nutrition for underserved groups.

According to a statement from the World Bank yesterday, the NG-CARES Programme will help expand access to livelihood support, food security services, and grants for poor and vulnerable households and communities.

The financing for ANRIN is designed to increase access to quality and cost-effective nutrition services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls, and children under five in selected areas.

The new funding for HOPE-EDU is focused on improving foundational learning, increasing access to basic education, and strengthening education systems in participating states.

Originally created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NG-CARES Programme-for-Results (PforR) operation has reached over fifteen million direct beneficiaries.