National Hajj Commission of
Nigeria (NAHCON) will get $243,823 (N87.8 million) as the country sealed a
$523,823 (N188,576,280) Technical Assistant Agreement grant with the Islamic
Development Bank (ISDB) Group.
The deal was concluded and signed
at the 44th ISDB Group Annual Meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco on Sunday.
Zainab Ahmed, the minister of
finance, disclosed this on Sunday via a statement by Paul Abechi, her special
adviser on media and communications.
According to the statement, the
minister signed the agreement on behalf of the Nigerian Government while Bandar
Hajjar, president of the ISDB Group,
signed on behalf of the group.
The signing took place during the
44th ISDB Group Annual Meeting held in Marrakesh, with the theme,
‘Transformation In A Fast-Changing World: The Road To SDGs’.
Ahmed explained that the TA
agreement grants would be used to address capacity building and equipment, as
well as logistics upgrade in the Hajj Commission.
She added that it was also aimed
at the improvement of cotton, textile and garment value chain in the federal
ministry of industry, trade and investment.
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| Ahmed and Bandar |
“The Technical Assistant
Agreement Grant of $243,823.0 to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria is for
capacity building/equipment and logistics upgrade,” she said.
“TA grant of $280,000 to the
Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment is for the improvement of
cotton, textile and garment value chain.”
She said, “State governments in
Nigeria are adopting cluster farming which has eased access to funds by
farmers, increased growth and allows access to facilities without collateral.”
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