Ebonyi to benefit from $21m Canadian lifeline

EBONYI is among the 13 states in the country to benefit from a $21 million lifeline for healthcare provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) towards scaling down the increasing rate of maternal and child mortality and morbidity.A CIDA official in Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Sebhatu, disclosed this when officials of the project implementation committee paid a courtesy visit to the wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs. Josephine Elechi, at the Government House, Abakaliki.Sebhatu disclosed that already, a national steering committee to be co-chaired by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Head of Development Corporation in CIDA has been set up.According to him, benefiting states including Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Lagos, Ogun, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Kaduna, Kebbi, Sokoto, Borno, Gombe, Adamawa, Bauchi and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are members.
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