A Senegalese national, Ndiame Diop, is set to replace Shubham Chaudhuri, a U.S. national, who grew up in India, as World Bank Country Director for Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a tweet by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite on her X (formerly Twitter) page (@DrDorisAnite) and confirmed by a source at the World Bank.
A tweet from the minister on Monday read:
The source confirmed that the take-over process has not been done fully but has started.