Japan Emerges Nigeria´s Third Largest Donor with $1.4bn in 49 Years
(WorldNews Japan)

* Doles out N170m to rice farmers, others By Chineme Okafor in Abuja The Japanese government has invested $1.4 billion as economic aids and donor funds in Nigeria between 1966 and 2015 — a period of 49 years, making it Nigeria’s third highest donor country. A document obtained Thursday from the Japanese Embassy in Abuja showed for instance that since 1966, Japan spent $773 million to support Nigeria´s polio eradication project, and $459 million as grants since 1970 for economic projects such as improvement of Nigeria´s electricity network. Equally, the sum of $180 million was made available for technical cooperation since 1972; over $64 million for humanitarian support to the...