Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

DFID intend to extend the current contract for this programme by 3 years with an additional budget of 21M GBP. This is to allow expansion of the programme into conflict affected states in the North East of Nigeria to work towards sustained stability and economic recovery that improves livelihoods of the rural poor. The 3 year extension to the programme is to support the Government of Nigeria’s integrated security, political and economic response in stabilising and rebuilding the north east. The proposed extension to Propcom Maikarfi (PM) delivers income increases for the rural poor in northern Nigeria, facilitates market recovery and supports Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to rebuild livelihoods in the North East (NE). The programme will be a DFID-funded rural and agricultural market development programme with coverage across 9 states (Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi) following a rapid transition from the existing phase 19 states. It will aim to increase the incomes of poor men and women in northern Nigeria (by 2021) by: (a) stimulating sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected rural markets and; (b) improving the position of poor men and women within these market systems, by making the markets more inclusive for poor people.