Okpara said that the project was being sponsored in partnership with the World Bank and the European Union
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Ferrira made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Washington, United States of America on the sideline of the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
Nigeria this week launched a report on its Gross Domestic Product rebasing, in which it declared the country the largest economy in Africa
World Bank President, Dr Jim Kim, on Wednesday in Washington, United States of America, announced that Nigeria was among the world’s extremely poor countries
According to Wormser, MIGA will provide mitigation of the risk, which will allow investors to come into the country and it will also help Nigerian investors to go to other countries outside their own boundaries
The IDA credit of over $140 million to the Community and Social Development Project, builds on the project’s successes to date
Marie-Nelly disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the ongoing 20th Nigerian Economic Summit on Wednesday in Abuja
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, expressed appreciation over the grants, saying that the project would make relevant changes in the health indices of the states
The bank said the project was aimed at addressing the gap that prevented key growth centres from expanding and supporting small and medium enterprises to develop new business models
This was contained in a report from the World Bank obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja
Uduaghan made this known to newsmen after inspecting some of the projects handled by the state Ministry of the Environment in Ibusa and Asaba on Sunday
While many African economies have registered impressive economic growth in recent years, poverty levels across the region have not fallen as much as expected and young people looking for better-paying work have been at a great disadvantage
The NBS administers the GHS-Panel survey every two years, working with the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Team on a sub-sample of the 5,000 GHS households first surveyed in 2010
Omole said that the centre would ensure the systematic incubation of research ideas and products from OAU and other partnering institutions in the West African sub-region
The World Bank’s Lead Energy Specialist, Erik Fernstrom, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday
Fadama is a Hausa name for irrigable land, usually low-lying plains underlaid by shallow aquifers found along major river systems
“The fact that this generosity came during a very difficult economic period makes this pledge all the more significant,” he said
Mafuyai said that the award was given based on the university’s entry in the call by the bank for research initiatives from African universities
“We competed with about 52 universities in Africa and we were lucky to win the grant
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the state Commissioner for Finance, Chief Kenneth Okpara, said that the grant would enable the colleges to acquire instructional materials and other learning facilities
A statement issued by Sam Onwuemeodo, the Special Assistant on Media to Governor Rochas Okorocha, quoted Bosquet as making the pledge when his team paid courtesy visit on the governor