Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and French Ambassador, Emmanuelle Blatmann, have launched a €55 million project in public health.A press statement by the French Embassy yesterday said that “a decisive step was taken this Thursday towards the launch of the Oyo Healthcare New Initiative’, as H. E. Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria and Mr. Olivier Picard, CEO of Ellipse Project, signed a major Commercial Contract in presence of H.E. Emmanuelle Blatmann, Ambassador of France to Nigeria.
The statement revealed that the project would be financed with a concessional loan from France to Nigeria, through the French Treasury, of €55 million over 40 years. She added: “This is a great example of mutually beneficial French-Nigerian cooperation. We are definitely looking forward to the launch of this project – a partnership between the Oyo State Government and a French private company whose savoir faire is renowned throughout the world, with financing from the French government, at very preferential conditions.”
The project will provide equipment for 200 Primary Healthcare Centres and 10 Dental Centres throughout Oyo State.
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