The World Bank has decided to extend Nigeria’s $430m Digital Identification for Development project to June 2026, to ensure the full disbursement of the $430m pledged by its financiers.
This decision comes amid threats from the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank to withdraw their funding if the World Bank ceases to be the project’s implementor after the original closure date of June 30, 2024.
Approved by the…
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