Tag: WORLD BANK
Education: KD SG Unveils Campaign To Enrol 145,553 Out-Of-School Children
The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, has inaugurated a campaign to enrol 145,553 out-of-school children in schools, under the World Bank-supported, Better Education...
FAO, Word Bank, Others Call For Urgent Action To Address Global...
Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO, International Monetary Fund IMF, World Bank Group, World Food Programme, and World Trade Organisation have called for urgent action...
FG Inaugurates $200m World Bank-Backed Ideas Project
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Innovation Development and Effectiveness in Acquisition of Skills IDEAS Project to address challenges facing the nation’s education sector.World...
Out-Of-School Children: Nigeria Ranks Highest In World With 11 Million – World...
The World Bank said Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world with 11 million pupils recorded in 2020.The...
Increasing Fuel Subsidy: Nigerian Economy At High Risk – World Bank
The World Bank says increasing fuel subsidy puts the Nigerian economyat a high risk as subsidy payments could significantly impact public finance and pose...
Poverty Assessment: Number Of Poor Nigerians To Hit 95.1m In 2022...
The World Bank has predicted that by the end of 2022, around 95.1 million Nigerians will slip into the extreme poverty line due to...
Gender Inequality: 2.4 Billion Women Globally Not Afforded Equal Economic Rights...
The World Bank says around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunities and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that...
Omicron: Govts May Shut Down Schools; 647m Children Yet To Fully...
The World Bank has said that the new wave of COVID-19 pandemic that has seen a variant of the virus, Omicron, ravaging the world,...
W/BANK Advocates Policy Action To Curb Covid-19 Effect On Households
The World Bank says immediate policy action is needed to curb the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the lives and livelihoods of...
COVI-19: FG Receives $311m Abacha Loot
The Federal Government has confirmed the receipt of 311 million dollars loot by the late military Head of State General Sani Abacha.The loot was...
Malaria: FG To Empower Local Manufacturers To Produce Drugs – N.M.E.P...
The
Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme, N.M.E.P, Audu Mohammed
says the Federal Government would empower local manufacturers to produce
malaria drugs locally.He
added that government would be doing...
World Bank Says Basic Fund Will Allow Nigeria Increase Access To...
The World Bank Group says that the Basic Health Care
Provision Fund is an important part of reforms in the health sector that will
help Nigeria...
Service Delivery: World Bank Pledges To Assist Nigeria With Revenue Generation
The World Bank has pledged to assist
Nigeria to increase its Internally Generated Revenue, IGR to address poverty
and service delivery by government.World Bank Country Director...
World Bank: Chaudhuri Appointed Country Director For Nigeria
The World Bank has appointed Shubham Chaudhuri as
the new Country Director for Nigeria, succeeding Rachid Benmessaoud who
completed his term recently.A statement issued by the...
Nigeria Makes World Bank’s List For Top-20 “Improvers In Doing Business”
The
World Bank Doing Business team has announced Nigeria as one of the
top-twenty improvers in doing business out of one hundred and ninety countries.The
President’s Special Adviser...
Digital Transformation: Nigeria In Talks With W’bank For $2.5bn Loan
World Bank Vice-President for
Africa, Hafez Ghanem has said that the bank is currently in talks with the
Federal Government for a two point five billion...
Medical: FG Solicits World Bank’s Support On Emergencies
The
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has solicited the support of the World Bank
in establishing an effective medical emergency transportation network in rural
communities.Ehanire,
who made the...
Development Programmes: NGF Reviews Engagements With World Bank
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has met with the World
Bank to review the bank engagements in the country and at sub-national level.Forum’s Chairman and Governor...
World Bank Loan: Senate Approves $266M For Niger State
The Senate has approved the sum of 266 million
dollar as contained in the 2016 to 2018 External Borrowing Plan of President
Muhammadu Buhari for Niger...
Mindiver: Nigeria Secures $150m World Bank Loan For Programme
The Federal Government has secured 150 million
dollar loan from the World Bank to develop the sector, in a bid to make the mining
sector deliver...
