Nigeria, July 9 -- USAID's Exit from Nigeria

Prior to USAID's exit from the Nigerian development and humanitarian programming space in January 2025, the Mission was the country's largest international development funder, outstripping all other bilaterals including the European Union. USAID was on record classifying Nigeria as "the single most important strategic partner for the United States in Africa"(https://2021-2025.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ICS_AF_Nigeria_Public.pdf) USAID's annual official assistance to Nigeria between 2002 to 2024 increased from US$90m in 2002, to US$942,178,693.00 million in 2024. In the 9 years between 2015 to 2024, health and humanitarian assistance sectors in Nigeria were the main recipients of USAI...