VOA常速英语2018--美国宣扬自己对尼日利亚提供巨大援助（在线收听）

Assisting Good Governance and Health in Nigeria

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, recently announced additional assistance to support achieving the goals outlined in the bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement between the U.S. and Nigerian governments signed in 2015.

美国国际开发署(USAID)最近宣布会进行额外的捐助，以助力实现双边《发展目标援助协议》中规划的目标，这是2015年美国与尼日利亚两国政府签订的协议。

25 million dollars will strengthen good governance by supporting state governments' efforts to bolster Nigeria's Open Government Partnership commitments to improve transparency and fight corruption.An additional 1.5 million dollars will support a healthier, more educated population in targeted states through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR, for a total of 26.5 million dollars in additional assistance.

The additional new funding brings the total U.S. government assistance provided under the five-year Development Objectives agreement to 1.1 billion dollars.

加上这笔新的额外援助金，美国政府在为期5年的《发展目标援助协议》下就提供了11亿美元的总资金了。

USAID is also working with federal and state health ministries to build stronger health systems with the aim of guaranteeing equitable access to quality healthcare services nationwide.

美国国际开发署还与各联邦和州立卫生部合作，目标是构建更强大的卫生系统，确保全国人民都可以平等的方式享受高质量的医疗服务。

USAID collaborated with Nigeria's ministries of Budget and National Planning, Health, Agriculture, Power, and Education, as well as state-level government counterparts to structure the bilateral assistance agreement, which runs through 2020.

美国国际开发署与尼日利亚预算部、国家规划部、卫生部、农业部、能源部、教育部联手，此外还与国家级政府机构合作，以构建双边援助协议，该协议一直持续到2020年。

“The United States believes that as the most populous country in Africa, with the largest economy on the continent, Nigeria holds tremendous influence over the future of Africa,” Acting Mission Director Erin Holleran said. “USAID is committed to partnering with the government and the people of Nigeria to address its development challenges.”

美国认为，作为非洲人口最多的国家以及经济体量最大的国家，尼日利亚对非洲的未来影响巨大，代理署长艾琳(Erin Holleran)如是说道。美国国际开发署致力于与尼日利亚政府及人民合作，以应对尼日利亚的诸多发展挑战。