World Bank approves $700m for climate resilience project in Nigeria

The World Bank has approved a $700m credit from the International Development Association for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project.

This was contained in a press statement distributed on Thursday by the Bank’s Senior External Affairs Officer for Nigeria, Mansir Nasir.

The statement read, “The World Bank approved a $700m credit from the International Development Association for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project.

“The project will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape…