The President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, is expected to visit Nigeria for three days, starting from Wednesday, 3 August, 2023, after a two-day visit to Ethiopia.
This was according to a press release on Tuesday by the World Bankâs Senior External Affairs Officer for Nigeria, Mansir Nasir.
The statement by the Bretton Woods Institution also revealed that Banga will be joined by his wife, Ritu.
The bank noted that Bangaâs visit is the new development of a global tour that is at the centre of a mission to write âa new playbook for the 78-year-old institutionâ.
âBanga 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 digitisation,â the statement disclosed.
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âAs 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.â
In addition, the World Bank said it will âconvene discussions with representatives from the private sector and civil societyâ.
Bangaâs scheduled visit would be the next following earlier trips to Peru, Jamaica, and India.
In June, the World Bank had said Bangaâs global tour will last until December 2023.
âOver the course of the tour, Banga will visit small island states in the Pacific as well as countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, West and East Africa, Europe, and Asia,â the bank had said