Canadian government donates $18m to nigeria for polio eradication

The Canadian government has donated $18million to the country’s  efforts towards polio eradication.
Nigeria is still among the three countries with records of polio incident. The other two are Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The grant which is to be  channeled through the World Health Organization (WHO) is coming through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
According to a statement by the Canadian High Commission in Abuja, the grant is part of the total contribution of $250 million announced by  Julian Fantino, Canadian Minister of International Cooperation, during the Global Vaccine Summit, held in Abu  Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 24-25, 2013 to support the global goal of eradicating polio from 2013 to 2018.

let pray they make use of the money the appropriate way. --lip sealed--