VOA常速英语2018--美国宣扬自己对尼日利亚提供巨大援助

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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 bilateral¹ 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 bolster² Nigeria's Open Government Partnership³ commitments to improve transparency and fight corruption⁴.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 ministries⁵ to build stronger health systems with the aim of guaranteeing equitable⁶ 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 collaborated⁷ 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 populous⁸ country in Africa, with the largest economy on the continent, Nigeria holds tremendous influence over the future of Africa,” Acting⁹ 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。