Nigeria has now been included as part of the countries to benefit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission US$365 million Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Plus (SWEDD+) project.The regional initiative for sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment and the Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) is  part of the concerted response by the World Bank and the United Nations to the call for action made in 2013 by the Heads of State on the demographic challenges in the Sahel. The programme aims to address development challenges through the...