VOA常速英语:Development Assistance to Nigeria

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.
接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。
Nigeria’s health, education, agriculture and governance sectors will get an extra assist from the United States.The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID,announced 89 million dollars in additional development assistance to Nigeria to continue its support for development goals outlined in a Development Objectives Assistance Agreement between the U.S. and Nigerian governments signed in 2015.
尼日利亚的卫生、教育、农业和管理部门将得到美国提供的额外援助。美国国际开发署（USAID）宣布再为尼日利亚提供8900万美元的发展援助，以继续支持发展目标援助协议中概述的发展目标，该协议是美国和尼日利亚政府于2015年签署的。
Nearly half of the new funding, 44 million dollars,will support HIV/AIDS control through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.The remainder will help northeast Nigeria increase agricultural productivity,economic growth and resilience through the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative;strengthen education; support good governance; and improve water and sanitation infrastructure.The new funding brings the total U.S. government assistance provided under the five-year assistance agreement to 808.5 million dollars.USAID collaborated with the Nigerian Ministry of Budget and National Planning, the Nigerian Ministries of Health,Agriculture, Power, and Education, and state-level government counterparts –among others to structure the bilateral assistance agreement, which runs through 2020.
新资金中近半数，即4400万美元，将通过总统防治艾滋病紧急救援计划（PEPFAR）用来控制艾滋病。剩余资金将帮助尼日利亚东北地区提高农业生产率、促进经济发展和经济韧性,途径是通过美国政府的保障未来粮食供给计划；加强教育；支持良好治理；完善水利和卫生基础设施。根据5年援助协议，新资金使美国政府援助总额达到8.085亿美元。美国国际开发署与尼日利亚预算和国家规划部、尼日利亚卫生部、农业部、电力部、教育部，和国家级政府机构合作——构建双边援助协议，该协议的截止日期为2020年。
In addition to the development assistance funding, the United States provides humanitarian assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict and severe food insecurity in Nigeria and throughout the Lake Chad Basin.The U.S government led by USAID has provided more than 526.7 million dollars in humanitarian assistance since 2017,and continues to be the single largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the region.
除了发展援助资金，美国为人们提供人道主义援助，这些人在尼日利亚和乍得湖盆地受持续冲突和严重粮食危机的影响。在美国国际开发署的指引下，美国政府自2017年起提供了5.267亿多美元的人道主义援助，美国仍然是该地区最大的、独立的双边人道主义捐赠国。
“This new assistance underscores how important the relationship between Nigeria and the United States continues to be,”USAID/Nigeria Deputy Assistant Administrator Julie Koenen said.“Our strong partnership with Nigeria and its institutions will help Nigeria’s efforts to improve its health, education, agriculture and governance systems where they are needed most throughout the country.”
“新援助强调了尼日利亚和美国之间的关系依然非常重要，”美国国际开发署/尼日利亚副助理署长朱莉·科南表示。“我们与尼日利亚和其机构之间强大的伙伴关系有助于尼日利亚的卫生、教育、农业和管理系统，这些在其本国是最需要完善的地方。”