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USAID/Nigeria 

Operational Plan 

FY 2006 

June 2, 2006 
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Please Note: 

The attached RESULTS INFORMATION is from the FY 2006 Operational Plan and was assembled 

and analyzed by the country or USAID operating unit identified on the cover page. 

The Operational Plan is a "pre-decisional" USAID document and does not reflect results stemming 

from formal USAID review(s) of this document. 

Related document information can be obtained from: 

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Portions released on or after July 1, 2006 
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Program Performance Summary FY 2005: Country environment. Grave development challenges 

confront Nigeria. It is the tenth-largest country in the world, with a rapidly-growing and youthful population 

and abundant resources, but Nigeria has not been able to achieve its full potential. Decades of 

unaccountable rule suppressed democratic institutions, stymied job creation, eroded health and education 

infrastructure and failed to address the growing HIV/AIDS threat. Heavy dependence on earnings from oil 

has combined with an unstable policy environment, weak economic management, and corruption to stifle 

economic growth. Nigeria ranks 158 out of 177 countries on the 2005 United Nations Development 

Program (UNDP) Human Development Index; the country is not on track to achieve the Millennium 

Development Goals, and close to 60 percent of Nigerians live in extreme poverty. Key governance 

institutions remain weak and accountability is poor. Three million Nigerians enter the labor market each 

year, but few are able to find permanent employment. Although steps have been taken to revitalize the 

agricultural sector, which remains the nation’s largest employer, returns to land and labor are poor and 

farming is an unattractive option. The basic education and primary health care systems are not effective 

service providers. Primary school attendance is low, at 60 percent, and many more girls than boys are 

out of school. Two of every ten Nigerian children born will die before reaching their fifth birthday from 

largely preventable causes such as malaria, diarrhea and measles, complicated by chronic malnutrition. 

Illiteracy, child mortality, and malnutrition rates are far higher in Nigeria’s two northernmost geopolitical 

zones than in the southeast and southwest, and these inequities contribute to dissatisfaction and potential 

unrest. HIV/AIDS is an onerous burden, with nearly four million adults infected. Without urgent action 

this number will more than double by 2010. Nigeria already has over one million AIDS orphans and 

millions more children are made vulnerable by the disease; fear, stigma and discrimination against these 

children and people living with HIV/AIDS are high. 

Opportunities. The 1999 democratic elections in Nigeria ushered in an administration that is committed to 

eliminating the legacy of misrule. Serious efforts to root out corruption and introduce transparency and 

accountability into government institutions and processes have been implemented, including ongoing 

reforms in public expenditure management, the procurement process, and the banking sector. Forwardlooking education, health, and macroeconomic policies have been unveiled and institutionalized. The 

National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy or NEEDS, Nigeria’s poverty reduction 

strategy, was launched in 2003 and is being replicated at state and local government levels. The GON 

has actively engaged with the donor community and the private sector to build institutional capacity for 

reform and to leverage resources for improvements in infrastructure to attract foreign investment. In FY 

2005 Nigeria paid $6.4 billion in outstanding loan and interest payments, meeting the first deadline in a 

program to write off 60 percent of its $30 billion debt owed to foreign governments. The GON’s 

commitment to reform provides an unparalleled opportunity for partnership with the development 

community and the private sector to make a difference in the lives of ordinary Nigerians. 

Beneficiaries. USAID’s programs are concentrated in a dozen of Nigeria’s 36 states. Education and 

health activities target women and their children, with a focus on northern Nigeria where girls are 

particularly disadvantaged in access to schooling. Smallholder farmers, traders, transporters and 

processors are the principal beneficiaries of technology transfer, agricultural input supply and credit in 

three “hubs” in the northern, central and southern zones of the country. USAID engages with civil society 

organizations both large and small across all programs to build capacity and accountability, as well as 

government and private sector institutions. 

Achievements. USAID/Nigeria launched a new five-year sustainable development strategy in January 

2004, and signed four development assistance agreements with the government of Nigeria in June of that 

year. Commitment to a process of full and open competition as a basis for awarding grants, contracts 

and cooperative agreements for program implementation required an 18-month procurement process that 

was completed in June 2005. With all development partners now on board across the portfolio, the stage 

is set for achievement of results. 

Democracy and Governance. USAID’s portfolio is designed to assist civil society and selected 

governance institutions in Nigeria to sustain dialogue and promote transparency; support credible national 

elections in 2007; and establish conflict early warning and mitigation systems. Groundbreaking work with 

the Publish What You Pay campaign has engaged the government in dialogue on a framework for 
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bringing greater transparency to the petroleum industry in Nigeria, including independent audits and 

public access to information. USAID worked with the national electoral commission to develop and 

implement policies and procedures for campaign finance reporting that were followed by 29 of 30 

registered political parties. Conflict mitigation activities brought together elected representatives and 

militant youth from the Niger Delta, the first opportunity many of these youth had ever to present their 

grievances to such a forum and agree on solutions. 

Agriculture and economic growth. USAID’s agriculture program works with primary producers, 

processors, traders and consumers in specific commodity sectors, including rice, cassava, cereals and 

legumes, and forest products. The new activities launched in 2005 have already reached more than 

15,000 farmers and entrepreneurs with training, technical assistance, and extension services. This work 

is complemented by economic policy dialogue, budget reform, and natural resource management 

activities that have helped the GON to modernize its budget process, and resource users to curb the 

expansion of their farms into Nigeria’s last remaining tract of primary tropical forest. Support to the 

financial sector has made credit available to thousands of Nigerian borrowers. 

Social sector services. USAID’s social sector services program includes primary education, child survival 

and nutrition, and reproductive health/voluntary family planning components. In the education sector, the 

program reached 10,000 teachers and almost 500,000 pupils with improved teaching methods and 

classroom materials, and also worked with parent-teacher associations at 193 schools to rehabilitate 

school premises, provide clean drinking water, or purchase textbooks. On the health side, USAID efforts 

contributed to the immunization of five million children against polio; 350,000 more children were 

vaccinated against all common childhood diseases. USAID partners sold 1.3 million insecticide-treated 

mosquito nets, highly effective in the prevention of malaria, as well as 1.7 million prepackaged malaria 

treatment kits. 

HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Nigeria is one of 15 focus countries in President Bush’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief and USAID collaborates with other U. S. Government agencies, the Government of Nigeria, 

the private sector, and the NGO community, including faith-based organizations, to provide treatment, 

prevention, and care and support services. 2005 saw a rapid increase in voluntary counseling and 

testing, and the inauguration of USG-supported antiretroviral treatment programs. USAID activities also 

provide prevention services with an emphasis on abstinence and faithfulness, and home-based care and 

counseling for people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children. 

Initiatives. USAID/Nigeria contributes directly to the achievement of key Presidential Initiatives through its 

programs on the ground in Nigeria. Resources from the Africa Education Initiative strengthen the 

provision of quality basic education services to thousands of children in three states, with emphasis on 

girls, Muslim children, and improved pupil and teacher performance in underserved and underperforming 

areas of the country. The Mission’s groundbreaking work in the north with Islamiyya schools, which 

integrate Islamic teaching with the core academic curriculum, is an integral element of our approach to 

Muslim outreach, enjoying enormous stakeholder support and buy-in. 

By far the largest Initiative program is HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, care and support under the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Activities under this integrated USG program are providing 

Nigerians with antiretroviral drug treatment and have extended care and support to over 22,000 people 

living with the virus and orphans. Prevention messages emphasizing abstinence and faithfulness are 

core interventions targeted to 1.2 million vulnerable youth in six Nigerian states. 

Funding from the Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA) supports the Nigeria Agricultural Biotechnology 

Program, which has crop development, training, and public awareness components. The program is 

poised to field-test its first bioengineered crop pending passage of required biosafety legislation. 

Global Development Alliances and other partnerships. USAID/Nigeria has worked aggressively to 

establish partnerships with other donors and the private sector to increase the impact of its development 

assistance portfolio. USAID implements four existing Global Development Alliances, addressing blood 

safety; cassava competitiveness; integrated crop/livestock development; and cassava productivity and 
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processing. Partners in these alliances include the Shell Petroleum Development Company, the 

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the United Nations Foundation, Abbott Laboratories, Global 

Medical Technologies, and the Government of Nigeria. During the year USAID collaborated with 

ExxonMobil on two pilot activities, addressing malaria prevention and rice production, and also received a 

gift from the British Department for International Development (DFID) to expand our existing program of 

assistance to Nigeria’s National Assembly. The Shell partnership will be expanded early in 2006 to add 

malaria prevention and aquaculture components. A strategy to guide the future development of 

partnerships and alliances has been put in place and USAID will also launch a dedicated public-private 

partnerships office with the mandate of pursuing additional alliances in new sectors such as youth 

employment and HIV prevention. 

Conflict vulnerability. Since the peace agreement between President Obasanjo and leaders of militia 

groups in the Niger Delta late last year, episodes of violent conflict have been substantially reduced with 

only a few scattered incidents in various parts of the country. Though threats to oil installations remain, 

the volatile Niger Delta was notably more peaceful than in recent years as political leaders were more 

preoccupied with campaigns for more oil revenue at the Political Conference sponsored by the 

government to resolve some of Nigeria’s persistent problems. The state of relative peace enabled the 

government to initiate a peaceful resolution of the long standing Ogoni crisis with Shell by appointing a 

renowned Catholic priest to reconcile the two parties. 

Though Nigeria’s self- styled “Talibans” attacked a police station and killed some of the men near Lake 

Chad in Nigeria’s North-east and a few were arrested in Kano, little else was heard about them. Even the 

seasonal violence between farmers and herdsmen recorded a decline as well as the persistent armed 

activities of the notorious ethnic militia called Oodua People’s Congress in the South West of the country. 

With the arrest, detention and on-going prosecution of all the well known militia leaders by the 

government and the re-enforcement of security in the Niger Delta, the era of sporadic and unmanageable violence in Nigeria may become a thing of the past. However, with the rising political 

tensions associated with the 2007 elections and the persistent rumors that the president may seek to 

amend the constitution to allow him to stand for a third term, USAID will continue to monitor the situation 

in known hot spots through its conflict early warning system. 

At this time, conflict in Nigeria does not threaten the integrity of the country or the implementation of 

USAID programs. 

Integrated programming. Integration and synergy within and between strategic objectives is a hallmark of 

USAID/Nigeria’s program. All strategic objectives address core cross cutting themes, including gender, 

transparency, HIV/AIDS, civil society, and capacity development. The conflict program is integrated into 

the democracy and governance objective and seeks not only to develop conflict warning mechanisms, but 

to provide integrated services for youth, including HIV/AIDS prevention and microfinance programs. The 

governance and economic growth programs are collaborating to establish a budget and research office 

within the Nigerian National Assembly, an initiative that has attracted support from the British and 

Nigerian governments as well. Many exciting new opportunities for programmatic collaboration and 

integration are being developed, such as an initiative to produce effective malaria treatment drugs in 

Nigeria that will involve farmers, medical professionals, and the pharmaceutical industry. The program 

also demonstrates geographical synergies, with all four strategic objective programs working in Kano, 

Lagos and Abuja. The geographic focus of the program is being strengthened by the creation of satellite 

USAID offices outside Abuja and the possible secondment of USAID staff to states. 

Gender: Gender is a core crosscutting theme of the USAID/Nigeria portfolio as well as a clear imperative 

in a country where gender disparities are so pronounced. The Mission has demonstrated progress in 

addressing gender issues in each programmatic area. The democracy and governance team has worked 

with women leaders and civil society organizations to increase women’s roles in party politics, enhance 

their credibility as candidates for election, and support engagement with legislatures and other institutions 

on issues such as widows’ rights, female genital cutting, and women’s rights in the workplace. In 

northern Nigeria, where women have often lived in seclusion, USAID’s dissemination of improved cowpea 

varieties and productive technologies has mobilized women to form groups that have been able to 
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negotiate with their husbands and fathers for access to land to cultivate in their own right for the first time 

ever. These women are investing their income in the education of their children - both boys and girls - 

and diversifying into other income-generating activities. The gender gap in basic education, which is 

manifested in an estimated two million more boys than girls enrolled in primary school, is being 

addressed by fostering a “girl-friendly” environment in the school setting and by counseling parents, 

teachers, and community leaders on the value-added of educating girls. In HIV/AIDS, greater attention is 

being focused on improving women’s ability to assess personal risk, reduce vulnerability, and prevent 

mother to child transmission. As men are often the sole decision makers on health issues in the 

household, addressing their concerns, especially in the North, is an important strategy for improving 

maternal and child health. Increased attention will be paid in the coming years to addressing both gender 

and regional disparities in basic health and education indicators. 

For more information, please visit the USAID/Nigeria website at http://www.usaid.gov/ng/ 
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FY 2006 Program 

SO: 620-011 Strengthened Foundations for Democratic Governance 

Promote And Support Anti-Corruption Reforms 

Promote and Support Anti-Corruption Reforms ($3,296,000 DA). USAID will boost technical and civil 

society anti-corruption interventions through support for: independent audit agencies, anti-corruption 

commissions, procurement agencies, legislatures at the national and state levels, line ministries, political 

parties, judicial actors and civil society. Particular attention will be paid to increasing oil sector 

transparency and strengthening governance institutions such as the judiciary, the Economic and Financial 

Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission and 

the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. USAID will help civil society groups actively 

engage the government and demand accountability. Principal contractor and grantees: National 

Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), International Republican Institute (IRI), Mississippi 

Consortium for International Development (primes); and others to be determined. 

Promote and Support Credible Elections Processes 

Promote and Support Credible Elections Processes ($4,950,000 ESF). USAID will strengthen national 

and state electoral commissions’ ability to implement elections in 2007. Activities will include informing, 

motivating and fostering participation by citizens, especially women and historically disenfranchised 

groups. USAID will train 30,000 national elections observers and 100 master trainers. In addition, 10,000 

core staff of electoral commissions will receive basic election administration training. USAID will also 

assist the Independent National Electoral Commission to develop an up-to-date voters’ register. Principal 

contractor and grantees: International Federation of Electoral Systems (IFES), NDI, and IRI (primes). 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 620-011 Strengthened Foundations for Democratic Governance 

Promote And Support Anti-Corruption Reforms 

Promote and Support Anti-corruption Reforms ($10,352,000 DA). USAID will continue to work with 

targeted civil society groups and organizations to promote transparency, accountability and openness in 

internal operations, and will support activities to increase the capacity of all branches of government and 

institutions with anti-corruption mandates and a commitment to reform. Same implementers as FY 2006. 

Promote and Support Credible Elections Processes 

Promote and Support Credible Elections Processes ($5,000,000 ESF). USAID will provide technical 

assistance to improve Nigeria’s 2007 national, state and local elections by strengthening 38 electoral 

commissions, professionalizing 20 political parties, and training 4,000 polling agents and 10,000 election 

monitors. USAID will continue to inform and motivate citizens and voters, and foster participation of 

women and historically disenfranchised groups. USAID will also implement an election information 

management system in five sites to reduce opportunities for fraud. Same implementers as FY 2006. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 620-012 Improved Livelihoods in Selected Areas 

Improve Private Sector Competitiveness 

Improve Private Sector Competitiveness ($960,000 prior-year DA; $732,000 DA). USAID will provide 

policy analysis to the Government of Nigeria (GON) to promote change in banking operations and to 

streamline the microfinance sector, making it easier for more than 10,000 medium and small microenterprises (MSMEs) to access credit. This will include technical assistance to improve the capacity of 
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Nigerian businesses to take full advantage of incentives under the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

(AGOA) and to increase access to regional and international market opportunities. USAID will develop 

and deliver market-driven vocational training for more than 19,000 youth to foster self employment and 

increase youth competitiveness in the labor market. Skills training will focus on youth populations in the 

oil-producing states of the Niger Delta Region as well as in the Northern Region and the Federal Capital 

Territory (FCT). USAID will transfer prior-year funds to the Development Credit Authority to stimulate 

investment by commercial banks to provide home financing to more than 500 families. Principal 

contractors and grantees: Chemonics International, Inc. and Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) 

(primes); and others to be determined. 

Improve Sustainable Management Of Natural Resources & Biodiversity 

Improve Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity ($1,483,000 DA). Activities to 

promote sustainable natural resource management in Nigeria’s largest remaining tropical forest will 

ensure protection of 6,000 hectares of forest through community forest management plans in Cross River 

State in the Niger Delta. These activities will provide income-generating opportunities to 13 communities 

representing approximately 8,000 families. The production of cocoa, bush mango and cassava will 

increase average household income by 50%. Alternative and sustainable agricultural practices will be 

introduced and encouraged in the communities. Principal contractors and grantees: Associates for Rural 

Development (ARD) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (primes); and others to be 

determined. 

Increase Agricultural Sector Productivity 

Increase Agricultural Sector Productivity ($2,212,000 DA). In selected states and the FCT, USAID will 

increase productivity of rice by 50% and cowpea by 100%. Activities will also increase production of dairy 

products and other selected commodities in up to four Northern States. Production of cassava will 

increase from the current level of 12.1 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha) to 17 MT/ha in up to five states in 

the Niger Delta. At least 100,000 farm households will benefit from improved production technologies and 

over 40,000 hectares will be planted using sustainable practices and technologies, including disease 

resistant crop varieties of cassava and cowpeas. Over 50,000 jobs will be created in the 

agricultural/agro-business sector. USAID will focus on dairy production and commercialization to improve 

rural family income and the nutritional status of children by increasing milk production per cow from 1.5 

liters to 3.0 liters per day. Principal contractors and grantees: Chemonics International, Inc., and IITA; 

and others to be determined. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 620-012 Improved Livelihoods in Selected Areas 

Improve Private Sector Competitiveness 

Improve Private Sector Competitiveness ($1,244,000 DA). USAID will continue to expand access to 

critical financial services and credit to MSMEs, including $1,500,000 in 20,000 new loans. The geographic 

focus of these activities is the Niger Delta and Northern Nigeria. USAID will continue to support the 

GON’s policy change efforts by providing analysis and increasing the capacity of Nigerian businesses to 

take full advantage of AGOA incentives and to increase access to regional and international market 

opportunities. Labor market-driven vocational training and business management skills training for 

youths will continue in the Niger Delta. Under the African Global Competitiveness Initiative USAID will 

increase regional and international trade by increasing Nigeria’s capacity to reduce trade barriers and 

work within the parameters of the World Trade Organization agreements. Same implementers as FY 

2006. 

Increase Agricultural Sector Productivity 
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Increase Agricultural Sector Productivity ($2,250,000 DA). USAID will continue to work with private sector 

entities and partners in the Niger Delta, several Northern States, and the FCT to enhance the 

competitiveness of key agricultural commodities, including cassava, rice, cowpea, and sorghum as well 

as dairy products and aquaculture. Over 250,000 farm households will to be impacted, with access to 

improved technologies increasing productivity by 50%. An additional 100,000 jobs will be created. 

Improving input markets will be an essential part of this strategy, including the provision of competitive, 

i.e. not subsidized by the government, supplies of fertilizer totaling over 1 million MT, six improved seed 

varieties, new technologies, the promotion of aquaculture and agricultural credit schemes. Activities will 

focus on improving the participation and decision making capacity of women and the involvement of 

unemployed youth. USAID will focus strongly on dairy production and commercialization to improve rural 

family income and the nutritional status of children. Same implementers as FY 2006. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 620-014 Reduced Impact of HIV/AIDS in Selected States 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases of Major Importance ($1,582,000 CSH). USAID supports the 

strengthening of the National Tuberculosis (TB) program which focuses on observing patients taking their 

TB medications and is called the Directly Observable Treatments/Short Course (DOTS) program. This 

support is provided in an effort to reduce death and disability in the general population, as well as in the 

especially vulnerable co-infected HIV/AIDS population. USAID also supports the improvement in casefinding and treatment of both TB and HIV/AIDS by strengthening the referral systems between existing 

treatment programs. Principal contractors and grantees: World Health Organization, and Family Health 

International (primes). 

Reduce Transmission & Impact Of HIV/AIDS 

Reduce Transmission and Impact of HIV/AIDS. See the State Department Congressional Budget 

Justification, Global HIV/AIDS Initiative section, for further discussion of this program. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 620-014 Reduced Impact of HIV/AIDS in Selected States 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases of Major Importance ($1,600,000 CSH). USAID will continue to 

strengthen the National TB DOTS program, and improve case-finding and treatment. Same implementers 

as FY 2006. 

Reduce Transmission & Impact Of HIV/AIDS 

Reduce Transmission and Impact of HIV/AIDS: See the State Department Congressional Budget 

Justification, Global HIV/AIDS Initiative section, for a discussion of this program. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 620-015 Increased Use of Child Survival and Reproductive Health Services 

Improve Child Survival, Health & Nutrition 

Improve Child Survival, Health and Nutrition ($3,856,000 CSH). USAID is improving routine 

immunizations, by strengthening the capacity of three State Immunization Coordination Committees. 

USAID is also establishing 370 immunization outreach posts in three states, increasing the number of 
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health facilities providing routine immunization from 75 to 230 and training 2,000 providers on routine 

immunization, malaria and nutrition. USAID is conducting a pilot program in one state to improve vaccine 

distribution and supply systems. To address poor nutritional status among Nigerian children, USAID is 

expanding its program of home-based, prevention-focused nutrition programs. The School Health and 

Nutrition program will de-worm 150,000 children, treat 7,500 children for schistosomiasis and provide 

30,000 children with Vitamin A supplementation in 230 schools. In addition, USAID is providing 140 

schools with improved water and sanitation facilities. Principal contractors and grantees: Pathfinder 

International and The Futures Group International (primes); Johns Hopkins University Center for 

Communication Programs, Management Science for Health and Creative Associates (subs); and others 

to be determined. 

Improve Maternal Health & Nutrition 

Improve Maternal Health and Nutrition ($8,067,000 CSH). USAID is expanding obstetric care into 

additional health facilities in new Local Government Areas (LGAs), training 150 health providers in life 

saving skills, and launching an important new program for the treatment and repair of 3,300 obstetric 

fistulae. Same implementers as above; and others to be determined. 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases of Major Importance ($2,661,000 CSH). USAID is scaling up 

efforts to eradicate polio in Nigeria, which remains the global epicenter of wild poliovirus transmission. 

Efforts are focusing on strengthening monitoring systems and increased social mobilization in the eight 

high risk states in the North. In support of the new national anti-malarial treatment policy approved in 

2005, USAID has begun the transition to promoting pre-packaged Artemisinin Combination Therapy, in 

piloting the program in one state, with full transition to all USAID focal states by 2007. USAID is 

beginning the scale-up of a larger commodity-based program, looking to sell and distribute two million 

insecticide treated mosquito nets, 50,000 doses of preventive treatment for pregnant women and 800,000 

doses of pre-packaged malaria treatment this year. Direct procurement of appropriate drugs for 

treatment of pregnant women will reach 268 USAID-supported health facilities; 3,050,000 pregnant 

women and children less than five years of age will benefit from these programs. Principal contractors 

and grantees: Population Services International/Society for Family Health, Pathfinder International, The 

Futures Group International and JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (primes); Johns Hopkins 

University Center for Communication Programs, Management Sciences for Health (subs); and others to 

be determined. 

Support Family Planning 

Support Family Planning ($5,378,000 CSH). USAID continues to increase access to and demand for 

voluntary family planning services by increasing the number of facilities and providers. This entails 

upgrading and equipping 268 facilities and training 600 health care professionals in long-term and 

permanent methods and contraceptive logistics management. Additional reproductive health training for 

1,000 doctors, nurse-midwives and community based providers addresses life saving skills and integrated 

reproductive health care. USAID is launching full scale implementation of its national contraceptives 

distribution program, developing innovative mass media campaigns and working with community-based 

drug retailers to increase coverage of contraceptives. USAID-provided couple years of protection will 

increase to 2.2 million. Same implementers as above. 

Activities notified under the Strategic Objective are part of a new strategy statement that is pending 

approval. Should funding levels or activities in this data sheet change substantially upon approval of the 

strategy statement; a new notification will be submitted prior to the obligation of any funds. 

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SO: 620-015 Increased Use of Child Survival and Reproductive Health Services 

Improve Child Survival, Health & Nutrition 

Improve Child Survival, Health and Nutrition ($4,000,000 CSH). USAID will assist an additional 70 health 

facilities to provide routine immunization, and will maintain support to 370 immunization outreach sites. In 

addition, USAID will train 3,000 providers and community members in routine immunization, malaria 

and/or nutrition interventions. USAID will ensure that 30,000 children receive Vitamin A supplementation 

and provide 159 schools with water and sanitation facilities. Home-based, prevention-focused nutrition 

programs will be expanded to 23 additional communities in USAID focal states. Same implementers as 

FY 2006. 

Improve Maternal Health & Nutrition 

Improve Maternal Health and Nutrition ($6,946,000 CSH). USAID will train 236 providers in life saving 

skills and emergency obstetric care, thus ensuring provision of a complete range of services in 335 

facilities, and reach 3,500 new clients with treatment and repair of obstetric fistula. Same implementers 

as FY 2006. 

Prevent & Control Infectious Diseases Of Major Importance 

Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases of Major Importance ($2,500,000 CSH). Interruption of the 

transmission of the wild poliovirus in Nigeria by 2008 is a distinct possibility. To achieve this goal USAID 

will support the use of a more effective monovalent polio vaccine for most of the North. To combat 

malaria, USAID will facilitate a full transition to the use of Artemisinin Combination Therapy in all target 

states, and sell or distribute 900,000 doses of effective, quality pre-packaged malaria treatment for 

children and pregnant women. USAID will also make 2.2 million insecticide treated mosquito nets 

available through commercial and public sector channels. Same implementers as FY 2006. 

Support Family Planning 

Support Family Planning ($4,631,000 CSH). USAID support will enable 67 additional health facilities to 

provide family planning services, bringing the total number of facilities to 335, and 1,200 providers will be 

trained in aspects of family planning and reproductive health. The USAID-supported national 

contraceptive distribution program will provide 2.5 million couple-years of protection and contraceptive 

prevalence will increase to 11% of married women of reproductive age in USAID focal states. Same 

implementers as FY 2006. 

All family planning assistance agreements will incorporate clauses that implement the President's 

directive restoring the Mexico City Policy. 

FY 2006 Program 

SO: 620-016 Increased Demand for Quality Education and Training 

Achieve Equitable Access to Quality Basic Education 

Achieve Equitable Access to Quality Basic Education ($6,277,000 DA). Under the Africa Education 

Initiative, USAID will develop, broadcast and support 540 interactive radio instruction programs focusing 

on literacy development in primary schools, with an audience of 1.4 million pupils; target 3,000 schools, 

including Islamiyya schools that offer a full academic curriculum; and provide both pre-service and inservice training for 42,800 teachers in child-centered instructional methods and improved teaching 

methodology. USAID will train the officers of 2,700 parent-teacher associations (PTAs) in financial 

accountability and community mobilization for schools, and provide 1,400 grants to PTAs for 
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infrastructure improvements, instructional materials, and other learning-related needs. The program will 

support PTAs in the development and implementation of action plans to improve pupil performance in 

reading and math, particularly for girls, and will sensitize parents and communities to the importance of 

educating girls. State-based education management information systems will inform education policies 

developed by the Federal Ministry of Education. A draft of a national policy on pre-service teacher 

training will be developed. Principal contractors and grantees: Pathfinder International and The Futures 

Group International (primes); Creative Associates International Inc., Johns Hopkins University Center for 

Communication Programs, Management Sciences for Health, and Academy for Educational Development 

(subs), and others to be determined. 

Activities notified under the Strategic Objective are part of a new strategy statement that is pending 

approval. Should funding levels or activities in this data sheet change substantially upon approval of the 

strategy statement; a new notification will be submitted prior to the obligation of any funds. 

FY 2007 Program 

SO: 620-016 Increased Demand for Quality Education and Training 

Achieve Equitable Access to Quality Basic Education 

Achieve Equitable Access to Quality Basic Education ($6,358,000 DA). Education activities will 

accelerate in-service teacher training and improve pre-service curriculum and methods. The program will 

target 4,400 schools, and will train approximately 60,000 teachers and school administrators in improved 

teaching methodology, school management and supervision. Over 3,000,000 pupils will receive 

language and mathematics training through radio instruction. USAID will recruit and train 3,600 PTAs 

and other community groups to support school-based improvements (e.g., infrastructure support, 

provision of supplemental learning material) and school health initiatives. An additional 2,000 grants will 

be awarded to PTAs and community groups for these initiatives. Same implementers as FY 2006. 

Increase Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development 

Increase the Capacity of Higher Education to Contribute to Development ($1,000,000 DA). USAID will 

support selected universities to revise and implement curriculums that reflect market-driven employment 

options in growth sectors such as agricultural processing and information technology/communications. In 

addition, USAID will strengthen student-friendly service delivery to mitigate student radicalism and 

extremism, and assist student leaders and administrators develop the skills needed to resolve issues 

posed by disaffected and militant student bodies. Activities will foster partnerships between four Nigerian 

universities and American institutions of higher education. Principal contractors and grantees: to be 

determined. 

Activities notified under the Strategic Objective are part of a new strategy statement that is pending 

approval. Should funding levels or activities in this data sheet change substantially upon approval of the 

strategy statement; a new notification will be submitted prior to the obligation of any funds. 
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Results Framework 

620-006 Transition to Democratic Civilian Governance Sustained 

Program Title: Democracy and Good Governance 

 6.1: Government institutions demonstrate increased transparency and responsiveness 

 6.2: Foundation established for a fair and competitive electoral system 

 6.3: Increased participation by civil society in conflict management, public deliberations and oversight of 

government 

620-007 Strengthen Institutional Capacity for Economic Reform and Enhance Capacity to Revive 

Agricultural Growth 

Program Title: Sustainable Agriculture and Economic Growth 

 7.1: Government of Nigeria economic policy formulation process improved 

 7.2: Research-extension-farmer linkage improved 

 7.3: Private sector services of selected institutions improved 

620-008 Develop the Foundation for Education Reform 

Program Title: Basic Education 

 8.1: Functioning policy support system in targeted states 

 8.2: Teacher training in English literacy and numeracy improved in targeted areas 

 8.3: Community participation in primary education increased in targeted states 

 8.4: Skills training for out-of-school youth improved in target states 

620-009 Increased use of Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health/ HIV/AIDS Services and 

Preventive Measures within a Supportive Policy Environment 

Program Title: Integrated health information and services 

 9.1: Increased demand for family planning/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and child survival services 

 9.2: Increased access to and availability of family planning/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and child 

survival services and commodities 

 9.3: Improved quality of family planning/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and child survival services 

 9.4: Increased capacity of family planning/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and child survival services 

 9.5: Improved policy environment for delivery of family planning/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and child 

survival services 

620-011 Strengthened Foundations for Democratic Governance 

Program Title: Democracy and Governance 

 11.1: Increased civic awareness, advocacy and empowerment 

 11.2: Increased effectiveness of targeted institutions 

 11.3: Enhanced credibility of the electoral process 

 11.4: Strengthened conflict management 

620-012 Improved Livelihoods in Selected Areas 

Program Title: Sustainable Agriculture and Economic Growth 

 12.1: Increased market-driven employment opportunities 

 12.2: Improved agricultural productivity and marketing 

 12.3: Increased commercial viability of micro, small and medium enterprises 

 12.4: Improved policy environment 

620-013 Increased Use of Social Sector Services 

Program Title: Basic Education and Health Care 
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 13.1: Improved quality of social sector services 

 13.2: Strengthened enabling environment 

 13.3: Expanded demand for improved social sector services 

 13.4: Increased access to services, commodities and materials 

620-014 Reduced Impact of HIV/AIDS in Selected States 

Program Title: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis 

 14.1: Increased use of quality HIV/AIDS and TB prevention services and interventions 

 14.2: Increased use of quality HIV/AIDS and TB care and support services and interventions 

 14.3: Increased use of quality HIV/AIDS and TB treatment services and interventions 

 14.4: Strengthened public, private and community enabling environments 

620-015 Increased Use of Child Survival and Reproductive Health Services 

Program Title: Child Survival and Reproductive Health Services 

 15.1: Improved quality of child survival and reproductive health services 

 15.2: Strengthened enabling environment 

 15.3: Expanded demand for improved child survival and reproductive health services 

 15.4: Increased access to child survivial and reproductive health services, commodities and materials 

620-016 Increased Demand for Quality Education and Training 

Program Title: Education and Training 

 16.1: Improved quality of education and training services 

 16.2: Strengthened enabling environment 

 16.3: Increased access to education and training services