The Federal government and the United States have signed a $2.1billion Development Assistance Agreement.
The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken signed the deal on Thursday at the State House, Abuja.
Blinken expressed America’s readiness to work closely with Nigeria as the challenges citizens of both countries face cannot be addressed singly.
Meanwhile, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo also stressed the importance of US-Nigeria cooperation on issues and policies, citing the collaboration in the response to the coronavirus outbreak that shook the work.