President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, received a high-level delegation from the World Bank at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The delegation was led by the World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde.
Present at the meeting were Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and other government officials.
The meeting was confirmed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
He wrote, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, along with VP Kashim Shettima, received a delegation from the World Bank led by the Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, in the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.”
Details of the discussions were not disclosed at the time of filing this report.
The meeting comes barely 48 hours after Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted a World Bank delegation at Lagos House, Marina, on Sunday.
That delegation was also led by Bjerde and included Ethiopia Tafara, the International Finance Corporation Regional Vice President for Africa.
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