Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State has demanded for conforming of all World Bank interventions with the Kogi state 30-year development agenda of shared hope and prosperity and to ensure better coordination of all projects and programmes in the state.
The governor’s spokesperson, Ismail Isah, stated this on Monday, adding that Governor Ododo also called for collaboration with the World Bank Group in the implementation of development projects in critical sectors of the state’s economy.
According to the statement, Governor Ododo made the call when he visited the new Country Director of the World Bank Group in Nigeria, Dr. Ndiame Diop in Abuja on Monday.
Part of the statement reads: The Governor who used the high-level engagement with the Bank to review all ongoing World Bank projects in Kogi state requested for an expansion in areas of critical interventions such as education, healthcare, agriculture and infrastructural to enhance the overall social and economic development of the state.”
The new World Bank Country Director, Dr Ndiame Diop assured Governor Ododo of his readiness to deepen cooperation and partnership with the Kogi State government, stressing that he looks forward to working with the Governor to accelerate implementation of all ongoing World Bank projects and programmes in the state.
