The Federal Government, yesterday, appealed to the World
Bank for its support in the nation’s efforts towards creating
jobs for its huge unemployed population.
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of
Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, told visiting World Bank
Vice President for Africa, Mr. Makhtar Diop, at a
meeting in Abuja, that the Federal Government had put in
place a wide range of programmes and progjects for job
creation and needed the help of the bank to maximize the
impacts.
According to her, “Nigeria needs the support of the World
Bank in sectors such as as agriculture, water resources,
education, infrastructure, particularly power, where it has
enormous potentials.”
In his response, Mr. Diop said he was in Nigeria to “seek
guidance in areas of support for Nigeria because Nigeria was
important for Africa and whatever affects Nigeria will
affect the continent.”
He commended Nigeria’s macro-economic policies which
enabled Nigeria to post impressive growth rates of well over 6
per cent in the last few years and a time global economic
performance was negative.
The World Bank chief described Nigeria as a very important
member of the organization and a significant
player in the world economy and especially in the African
region.
Mr. Diop assured that the bank would partner with the Federal
Government with a view to ensuring that Nigerians enjoyed the
benefits of the country’s membership of the
global body.
Source: http://www.surestinfo.com/2013/01/fg-appeals-to-world-bank-over-job-creation.html

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