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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004           World Bank officials visit Nigeria today World Bank�s Vice President for African region, Mr Gobind Nankani, is expected in Nigeria on today for a four-day working visit. A statement today from the Bank�s Country office in Abuja, stated that Nankani would meet with senior government officials, civil society organisations and the media. The meeting is to enable the vice president to exchange ideas on how best the bank will assist in Nigeria�s development process. The statement signed by Obadiah Tohomdet, the Bank�s Country office head of communications and external affairs, said that the World Bank official would also inspect World Bank assisted projects in Bauchi, Enugu and Abia States. Nankani would interact with government officials, beneficiaries and the business community and pay courtesy visits on the governors of the three states, Tohomdet said. He said that Nakani would be accompanied on the visit by the Bank�s Country Director in Nigeria, Mr Hafez Ghanem and other Bank officials. �Mr Nankani�s visit to Nigeria will mark the beginning of a new era of cooperation between Nigeria and the World Bank. �An era in which we will work together as partners to support Nigeria�s effort to create wealth and reduce poverty.�� In the coming months, focus will be on infrastructural development, education, health and agriculture,�� he quoted the Bank�s Country Director in Nigeria as saying. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Nankani, who is a Ghanaian national, joined the Bank in 1976 as a young professional. In 1977 he was appointed an economist in the Public Finance Division, Development Economics Department. After a brief leave of absence in 1981 as Economic Adviser to the Vice President of Ghana, he later re-joined the Bank�s West Africa Region. In 1984, he was transferred to the Nigeria Division and had worked in various countries under the World Bank. Nankani attended Harvard University and holds a Ph.D in Economics. SITE TOOLS Print This Page   EMAIL THIS PAGE Friend's Name: Friend's  Email: Your Name: Your Email:           � Triumph Publishing Company Limited 2004

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