President of the World Bank, Dr. Jim Yong Kim is billed to arrive Nigeria this morning on a three-day visit barely four months after the visitation of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde.
Kim is expected to arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by 9a.m. is to be received on arrival by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and some top government functionaries.
Kim is coming to Nigeria in connection with issues pertaining to the economy and the support to the country’s efforts to rebuild the North-east, which has been ravaged by insurgency.
The World Bank announced recently that it was setting aside $800 million in support of the rebuilding of infrastructure devastated by years of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.