World Bank Group Okays Buhari's Economic Recovery Plan for Nigeria

The World Bank Group has approved President Muhammadu Buhari's plans to put the country back on track. 

Mrs Eme Essien-Lore, the Country Manager for International Finance Corporation, a member of the group, said Nigerian will soon recover from economic recession if the plan, which is comprehensive, ambitious and thoughtful, is put into action.

She said that the World Bank had been consulting with the Nigerian Government on the plan, saying that the bank was happy that the plan had been published. 

"Now we can sit down and look at it to see how we will align our objectives around what the government wants to do. 

"The plan is for 2017 to 2020, it is a relatively short period, but we need to know what the priorities are and collectively work with government on how to achieve them, ” she aded.