By Princewill Ekwujuru

Nigeria’s rural communities will be beneficiaries of $2 miilion from the US Agency for International Development Mission office in Nigeria, USAID/Nigeria and Coca Cola Africa Foundation in the third phase of its Water Development Alliance, WADA, programme for safe water and hygiene facilities in public schools and hospitals.

During the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the WADA III programme, in Lagos, USAID Director to Nigeria, Michael T. Harvey, said: “Today, we are consolidating a special partnership, one in which a private firm has joined with a U.S. government agency to contribute to a priority set by the government of Nigeria.”

Dr. Susan Mboya-Kidero, President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Women’s Economic Empowerment Director for Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa, said that the positive impact of the programme to the communities the company serves across Africa was an imperative for the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.