Adamawa to benefit from 6.7million dollar World Bank grant

Adamawa Ministry of Health is to benefit 6.7 million dollar grant for the save one million lives World Bank programme.

Dr Fatima Abubakar, Commissioner for Health made this known on Thursday an interview with Journalists in Yola.

Abubakar said that the qualification was based on the evaluation of the implementation reports.

She said that the World Bank in collaboration with the Federal ministry of Health conducted a base line survey.

She said that the result indicated an improvement in state performance indices for 2018.

The commissioner said that the result also showed that the state has implemented the programme efficiently.

She said that the 6.7 million dollar grant was part of the 500 million dollar grant earmarked for Nigeria by the bank.

Abubakar expressed commitment for the judicious use of the funds.