Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud

The World Bank has appointed Mr Shubham Chaudhuri as the new Country Director for Nigeria, succeeding Mr Rachid Benmessaoud who completed his term recently. A statement issued by the World Bank’s Senior Communications Officer, Nigeria,…

 By Babajide Okeowo The World Bank has advised Nigeria to improve on its spending on social investment programmes to address the large number of people living in extreme poverty in the country. World Bank Country Director, Mr. Rachid…

The World Bank has advised Nigeria to scale up its social investment programmes to address the large number of people living in extreme poverty in the country. The World Bank Country Director, Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud stated this on Friday…

By Emeka Okoroanyanwu The World Bank has disbursed over $1.4 billion of investment funds in Nigeria this year. This is about 23 per cent of its total portfolio disbursed in 2019. This is against the 18 per cent disbursed in 2018 and the…