{
  "id": 17819540,
  "title": "World Bank trains 388 officials to align health, education budgets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/world-bank-trains-388-officials-to-align-health-education-budgets",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:22:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/world-bank-trains-388-officials-to-align-health-education-budgets/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Bank-assisted HOPE Governance Programme has trained 388 government officials from Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to improve budget alignment for primary healthcare and basic education. The month-long capacity-building workshop focused on aligning states' Annual Operational Plans for Primary Healthcare and Annual Consolidated Workplans for Basic Education with their respective budgets. The training also aimed to enhance practical application of the National Chart of Accounts and programme-based budgeting, prioritize project costs, and address gaps in planning and budget implementation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}