World Bank To Approves $75million for Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria

The World Bank is expected to approve $75 million next week to assist internally displaced persons in Nigeria following the incessant attacks by insurgents.

Its team leader on Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP), Folusho Okunmadewa, made this known on Thursday, June 2, in Ilorin, Kwara State, during a one day advocacy workshop organized by the Kwara State Community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA).

He added that the bank had already released $140 million for the benefit of the 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that are participating in the project.

Represented by the Social Protection Specialist of World Bank, Yusuf Suleiman, Okunmadewa said: “The aim is to increase access by poor people and particularly the internally displaced and vulnerable people in the north-east to improve social and natural resource infrastructure services in a sustain- able manner throughout Nigeria.