World Bank President On A Three Day Working Visit To Nigeria
August 2, 2023
World Bank President Ajay Banga will begin a three-day visit to Nigeria on Thursday during which he will meet with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.
This is the next step of a global tour that is at the center of a mission
to write a new playbook for the 78-year-old institution.
Banga will focus his time in Nigeria on identifying opportunities to create jobs for young people and women, addressing energy needs and renewable energy, and further exploring the potential for digitization.
As part of these efforts, he will visit a World Bank financed mini-grid power plant that is providing solar energy to an entire community, and a woman-owned business that has generated more than 1,500 service-sector jobs for young Nigerians.
While in Nigeria, Banga will meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Banga is arriving after a two-day visit to Ethiopia and will be joined by his wife Ritu Banga.