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The United States has signed a five-year health cooperation agreement with Nigeria aimed at strengthening the country’s health system, with a specific focus on supporting Christian faith-based healthcare providers, Washington announced on Saturday.

Under the bilateral agreement, the United States will contribute nearly $2.1 billion to programmes targeting HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and polio, as well as initiatives to improve maternal and child health, a US State Department spokesperson said.

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has committed to increasing its national health spending by almost $3 billion over the same five-year period, according to the spokesperson.

The agreement includes what the State Department described as “a strong emphasis on promoting Christian faith-based health care providers”.

The announcement comes amid heightened attention from Washington to the security situation facing Christian communities in Nigeria.

Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States was prepared to take military action in Nigeria in response to attacks on Christians, comments that drew international attention.

Trump has repeatedly said Christianity faces what he described as an “existential threat” in Nigeria and other countries, framing the issue as part of a broader concern about the global persecution of Christians.

His administration has placed Nigeria back on the US list of countries of “particular concern” over religious freedom and has imposed restrictions on the issuance of visas to Nigerian nationals.

The federal government in Abuja has consistently said it does not tolerate religious persecution and maintains that insecurity in the country is driven by broader factors rather than religious targeting.

The country has faced a jihadist insurgency since 2009, particularly in the northeast, where violence linked to armed groups has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced around two million others, according to United Nations figures. Both Christians and Muslims have been among the victims of the conflict.

The deal with Nigeria follows a $2.5 billion health assistance agreement signed earlier in December between the United States and Kenya.

That agreement marked the first major bilateral health deal since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and reduced the role of non-governmental organisations in American foreign assistance.

Since returning to office, Trump has shut down USAID, previously the world’s largest aid agency, and ordered a comprehensive overhaul of US foreign aid under his “America First” policy, shifting assistance towards bilateral arrangements aligned with US strategic and political priorities.

Source of the above report: The Nigerian Guaridan

God bless president Donald J Trump

But you banned christians from US

That isn't enough

Trump should send his troops down here

I will send message to USA, if it involves money to help, they should cancel it, we are thieves in this country, some will corner the money flash,
USA should not send any penny for aid deal to Nigeria

very insightful and easy to digest in all indications let go

Abeg no do make I pee for inside church 😂 😂

Jesuschristus:
But you banned christians from US

You can ban a child from going out of the house to your neighbour's house, but still give him food.

Muslims at the helm of affairs will embezzle it
Unless the aid come straight through Christian NGOs

Great 👍👍👍

Nice move in the right direction

Dry play!....Na the Muslim majoity North that will still benefits more from it. Be like say this Trump no know how Nigeria works. He go soon clear for their eyes

This doesn't make sense. Donald Trump scrapped USAID and that singular act is projected to lead to the deaths of over 600,000 children in developing countries. Life saving medication has been put out of reach of millions.

Almajiri descendants will begin to complain
Antichristian and madridguy

He should also remove visa restrictions on Nigeria Christians

Hmmmmmm change or names loading, thank God my name na yusuf James

Christianity brings life and hope to civilization

The only true christian population in Nigeria are in the north and the SS.

Every other place in the south do not have anything resembling Christianity .

Also, I know this aid from Trump will come with the condition of promoting the false doctrine of Christian Zionism which is now dying in the US over the genocide in Gaza.

This is Zion Don's way of promoting the paradoxical darkness and light movement that is Judeo-Christianity which American masons ad their Jewish masters have used to pollute the Church in America.

America is the great wh0re of Babylon and will soon fade away IJN!

Woomeee:
You can ban a child from going out of the house to your neighbour's house, but still give him food.

Tell jesuschristus satanchristu very well

saheed24:
Dry play!....Na the Muslim majoity North that will still benefits more from it. Be like say this Trump no know how Nigeria works. He go soon clear for their eyes

I been wan ask who USA want send the money to, FG abi christians because I no understand. The USAID funds they have been sending have Nigerians benefitted from that?? This Trump is funny, wasting USA money and resources.

If I'll ever want to a citizen of another country after Nigeri, it will to be the USA. They are incredible people. They are really big brothers

A Greek gift to a disgraced country.
Tsk tsk tsk

God bless the United States of America.
God's own country!
America was actually built on the principles of godliness and Christianity by the forefathers. That's why they remain the greatest country on earth.

When you're the greatest, know that there will be many that will hate you out of envy.

Adeboye shame on u. This is the same Trump many Christians that cant see beyond their noses where criticizing before

Health deal in exchange for what? What did our own government agreed to give back in return.

The same health deal that Kenya high court have put on hold.

https://avac.org/blog/global-health-watch-issue46/

Trust me Muslims will benefit from it

We need military strikes. Thats what is needed. We know their sponsors and where they are based.

LagosOrigin:
God bless president Donald J Trump

Keep your useless aid, Christian help indeed, give them temporary residency permit if u truly want to help them, instead of deceiving these ignorant purported Christian genocide promoters.

Let hear from Iran, how they want to assist their own faith.

I biliv it would be through, Boko Haram, ISIS & Fulani herdsmen, making jihadists professor, Muric, the spokesman.

​I can already see our politicians suddenly becoming Pastors and Deacons just to get a share of that $2.1bn. Expect 5,000 new 'Faith-based' hospitals by Monday morning

Now they are using their resources