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Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by sarrki(m): 1:21am On Oct 13, 2017
The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.

Kim and the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who spoke at separate press conferences in Washington DC, United States, also advised Buhari to invest in


things that would enhance economic growth.

Kim said, “You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

“I think Nigeria, of course, has suffered from the dropping oil prices. I think things are just now getting better. But the conversation we need to have with Nigeria, I think, is in many ways related to the theme that I brought to the table just this past week, which is investment in human capital. The percentage of the Gross Domestic Product that Nigeria spends on healthcare is less than one percent.”

He added, “Despite that, there is so much turbulence in the northern part of the country, and there is the hit that was taken from the drop in the oil prices. Nigeria has to think ahead and


invest in its people. Investing in the things that will allow Nigeria to be a thriving, rapidly growing economy in the future is what the country has to focus on right now.”

Kim also said, “Focusing on the northern part of Nigeria, we hope that as commodity prices stabilise and oil prices come back up, the economy will grow a bit more. But very, very much important is the need to focus on what the drivers of growth in the future will be.”

According to the World Bank boss, the bank will invest in human capital in other parts of Africa in order to prepare the continent for the next phase of growth.

Lagarde, in her remarks, said Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, had posted suboptimal


growth in recent times.

The growth figures, she said, were far too small considering the huge demographic potential of Nigeria and other countries in the region.

As a result, she said the IMF would be engaging ministers of finance and central bank governors from the region attending the annual World Bank and IMF meetings on how they could boost and stabilise economic growth.

Lagarde said, “The Sub-Saharan Africa is one region of the world where growth is suboptimal. Those countries grow at an average growth of 2.5 per cent. That is too low for the demographic expansion of the region.”

The IMF managing director said emerging and developing economies must invest more in their economies through infrastructural spending, strengthening safety nets, allowing women more access to the labour market and carrying structural reforms.

http://punchng.com/buhari-asked-us-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-wbank/

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Paperwhite(m): 1:23am On Oct 13, 2017
Government of the north,for the north and by the north.Buhari have never hidden his ethnic bias in a multipolar country like Nigeria.Too sad and bad.Meanwhile Sarrki welcome back.Guess recent trend of events have become too hot for you to handle that you had to sneak at this dead of the night to do your work?

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by sarrki(m): 1:24am On Oct 13, 2017
lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed

Other parts shouldn't be left out

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by sarrki(m): 1:25am On Oct 13, 2017
Paperwhite:
Sarrki

Wetin I do ooooh ?

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by ivandragon: 1:25am On Oct 13, 2017
lol...

& yet... some clowns would twist this & say it makes 'sense'.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Physicist(m): 1:27am On Oct 13, 2017
Buhari is probably the most sectional president Nigeria ever have.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by scribble: 1:31am On Oct 13, 2017
Sorry sarrki and mynd44 this thread came in second

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Physicist(m): 1:32am On Oct 13, 2017
It should be the first thread. I do not care. sarrki is very popular on Nairaland.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Physicist(m): 1:35am On Oct 13, 2017
scribble:
Sorry sarrki and mynd44 this thread came in second

Sarrki's topic should take pre-eminence. I do not care. More people will respond to sarrki's thread because sarrki is very popular on Nairaland. grin grin grin

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by sarrki(m): 1:40am On Oct 13, 2017
Paperwhite:
[/b]"The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request."[b] Governmnt of the north,for the north and by the north.Buhari have never hidden his ethnic bia in a multipolar country like Nigeria.Too sad and bad.Meanwhile Sarrki welcome back.Guess recent trend of events have become too hot for you to handle that you had to sneak at this dead of the night to do your work?



grin grin grin grin grin ;DD

Kind of busy with personal stuffs


grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by MadeInTokyo: 1:41am On Oct 13, 2017
Kim said, “You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

http://punchng.com/buhari-asked-us-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-wbank/

http://www.herald.ng/buhari-asked-world-bank-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-jim-yong-kim/


this is the highest display of madness and tribalistic divisiveness

can u imagine, the tribalist gworo chewing mad man called Buhari that Nigerians voted as President


thunder fire Buhari insha allah

Nigeria has truly gone to the dogs

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by sarrki(m): 1:43am On Oct 13, 2017
Physicist:


Sarrki's topic should take pre-eminence. I do not care. More people will respond to sarrki's thread because sarrki is very popular on Nairaland. grin grin grin


Bro that's not true

Please observe from now myndd44 do it first come first serve


I looked at your headings of the topic ,

You set knows he's not going to fly

You can't expect anyone to post such
Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by MadeInTokyo: 1:48am On Oct 13, 2017
sarrki:



Bro that's not true

Please observe from now myndd44 do it first come first serve


I looked at your headings of the topic ,

You set knows he's not going to fly

You can't expect anyone to post such


http://punchng.com/buhari-asked-us-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-wbank/

http://www.herald.ng/buhari-asked-world-bank-to-focus-on-northern-nigeria-jim-yong-kim/

are u satisfied now

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Nobody: 1:54am On Oct 13, 2017
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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by ZZ22: 1:54am On Oct 13, 2017
To the ewedu sai baba chanters dont you think that SW are part of those classified as 5%

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by delugajackson: 1:56am On Oct 13, 2017
The North is not the only region in Nigeria with problems.

The sooner Buhari realizes that the development of every region is necessary to the growth of this country, the better for us

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by voiceofthetruth: 1:59am On Oct 13, 2017
You guys said we're poor and backward right?

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by CriticMaestro: 2:08am On Oct 13, 2017
This buhari of a man deyy craze

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by amazingspiderma: 2:12am On Oct 13, 2017
The UN sec. gen. said that Nigeria( North) needs to focus on human development to drive the economy.
He is also diplomatically calling the President partial but dumb.
He is saying the appropriate index should not be aids alone, but people. But they wouldn't understand.
Anyway, their life, their problem.
Let no body complain when a southern President does the same.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Ra88: 2:17am On Oct 13, 2017
Lol

When will this nightmare be over

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by LUGBE: 2:24am On Oct 13, 2017
This man always showing his illiterate background, very wicked thing
When you think you have heard it all

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by RZArecta(m): 2:24am On Oct 13, 2017
What else do you possibly expect from a northern regional president who views every other part of the country with contemptuous disdain ? It's a fact that he hasn't deemed it necessary to visit any other region of the country especially the SS & SE since he assumed power but his days are numbered on that throne, by 2019 he shall be kicked out of Aso rock like a burst football and shoved to the ICC to answer to charges of genocide against unarmed Nigerians Insha'Allah cool

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by RZArecta(m): 2:27am On Oct 13, 2017
GenBuhari:
Anti Buhari propaganda continues unabated.
SOMBites are here.
the king of the north aka Buhari is an economic terrorist, No propaganda in that fact cool

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by ChangetheChange: 2:41am On Oct 13, 2017
grin grin

Buhari is a monumental disaster to Nigeria

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by freeze001(f): 2:51am On Oct 13, 2017
It doesn't come as a surprise that he'd demand focus to be on the North only. It is those that blinded themselves to his sectional nepotism and tribalism that might just smell the coffee but unfortunately, their crested zombieship has condemned us to this madness.

Will they listen and learn? No, they will keep supporting and like rabid dogs, attack those who don't.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by EddyNumerouno(m): 2:54am On Oct 13, 2017
sarrki:
The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.

Kim and the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who spoke at separate press conferences in Washington DC, United States, also advised Buhari to invest in


things that would enhance economic growth.

Kim said, “You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

“I think Nigeria, of course, has suffered from the dropping oil prices. I think things are just now getting better. But the conversation we need to have with Nigeria, I think, is in many ways related to the theme that I brought to the table just this past week, which is investment in human capital. The percentage of the Gross Domestic Product that Nigeria spends on healthcare is less than one percent.”

He added, “Despite that, there is so much turbulence in the northern part of the country, and there is the hit that was taken from the drop in the oil prices. Nigeria has to think ahead and


invest in its people. Investing in the things that will allow Nigeria to be a thriving, rapidly growing economy in the future is what the country has to focus on right now.”

Kim also said, “Focusing on the northern part of Nigeria, we hope that as commodity prices stabilise and oil prices come back up, the economy will grow a bit more. But very, very much important is the need to focus on what the drivers of growth in the future will be.”

According to the World Bank boss, the bank will invest in human capital in other parts of Africa in order to prepare the continent for the next phase of growth.

Lagarde, in her remarks, said Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, had posted suboptimal


growth in recent times.

The growth figures, she said, were far too small considering the huge demographic potential of Nigeria and other countries in the region.

As a result, she said the IMF would be engaging ministers of finance and central bank governors from the region attending the annual World Bank and IMF meetings on how they could boost and stabilise economic growth.

Lagarde said, “The Sub-Saharan Africa is one region of the world where growth is suboptimal. Those countries grow at an average growth of 2.5 per cent. That is too low for the demographic expansion of the region.”

The IMF managing director said emerging and developing economies must invest more in their economies through infrastructural spending, strengthening safety nets, allowing women more access to the labour market and carrying structural reforms.

http://punchng.com/


They will still make excuses for the president.
Sarrki, how many months salaries is PMB owing BMC?

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by princemillla(m): 3:07am On Oct 13, 2017
Paperwhite:
[/b]"The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request."[b] Governmnt of the north,for the north and by the north.Buhari have never hidden his ethnic bia in a multipolar country like Nigeria.Too sad and bad.Meanwhile Sarrki welcome back.Guess recent trend of events have become too hot for you to handle that you had to sneak at this dead of the night to do your work?



Why did u think the north allowed a Man of his age to run while they bench the likes of kwakwanso n d former speaker?
Ever since I sensed Buhari is. Playing northern agenda, av since switch ground on him

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Desyner: 3:24am On Oct 13, 2017
Paperwhite:
[/b]"The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request."[b] Governmnt of the north,for the north and by the north.Buhari have never hidden his ethnic bia in a multipolar country like Nigeria.Too sad and bad.Meanwhile Sarrki welcome back.Guess recent trend of events have become too hot for you to handle that you had to sneak at this dead of the night to do your work?

It confirms what I have always known. The man is just another core-northerner advancing their interest at the detriment of others.

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by 9japrof(m): 3:24am On Oct 13, 2017
Buhari is one tribal bigot that doesn't even try to hide it, his body language, actions, speeches all point to that direction.

I only pity southerners what still look up to him as their Messiah, saviour and role model

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by ifyan(m): 3:27am On Oct 13, 2017
Hmm

I can't believe this, southern Nigeria are you guys watching.

Wait oh na Sarrki de post this kain news. Tell us something,is it that Bubu de owe una salary ( ZOMBIES).

Hmm hmm Sarrki

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Re: Buhari Asked Us To Focus On Northern Nigeria — World Bank Chief by Desyner: 3:27am On Oct 13, 2017
This explains why we are ignoring crude oil refinement to go in search of northern crude oil first - a gamble in time of scarcity. Let the north discover theirs if the south won't allow northerners sheepishly transfer it Kaduna to refine. The southerners can't bomb the financial pipelines that carry the funds unlike raw crude.
This is why we must restructure on time.

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