World Bank approves $750m loan for Nigeria’s power sector
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World Bank approves $750m loan for Nigeria’s power sector

The World Bank has announced the approval of a $750 million International Development Association credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation. According to the bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, the credit would help “increase annual electricity supplied to the distribution grid, enhance power sector financial viability while reducing annual tariff shortfalls and protecting the…