Ayodele Olalere
United Kingdom Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign Commonwealth Office who also doubles as Minister of State for Department for International Development, Harriett Baldwin has Lagos State government will benefit from the United Kingdom thirty-eight million pounds extended programme on mobile for development in Nigeria.
During a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat in his Alausa Office, the Minister said the mobile for development programme is to enable a lot of people access financial services through their mobile phones and buy things like solar system for their homes and businesses.
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She added that owing to the significant impact of the programme on the people, the UK government is extending the programme to further affect positively the lives of other 27million people around world including many in Lagos noting that the programme was exactly designed to absolutely impact the grassroot.
She further said, the programme would enable women in the market to use the financial services in investing in solar fridges, solar freezers and something that will really help them in their homes in areas where they dont have access to reliable electricity.
It will also help everyone with the ambition to ensure that they are able buy health insurance and mobile financial services is the future, emphasizing that Lagos is very often at the cutting edge of some of this investment in technology which is why the UK Government is basing our science and technology centre in Lagos.