Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says that the World Bank Group (WBG) has expressed readiness to assist Nigeria’s poor and vulnerable.
Osinbajo said in a tweet on Friday that he met with the World Bank Group President, David Malpass, and discussed a wide range of issues, including climate, energy, investment, exchange rate and poverty reduction.
According to local media reports, Prof. Osinbajo, who is in Washington, U.S.A. to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently inaugurated Energy Transition Plan (ETP), expressed delight at meeting with the President @DavidMalpassWBG of the WBG.
“We discussed Nigeria’s ETP, our commitment to carbon neutrality, Nigeria’s development alongside our climate ambition, strengthening energy institutions and market, attracting FDIs and exchange rate unification.
“I was pleased to hear the World Bank Group’s readiness to support Nigeria on a few fronts including increasing social assistance for the poor and vulnerable,’’ the reports quoted Osnbajo as saying.
Osinbajo said that he also met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, to seek support for Nigeria’s ETP and for Nigeria’s participation as a G7 Climate Partnership Country.
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