Nigeria Seeks $5.2 Billion From World Bank for Electricity
- Nation talking to IFC and MIGA for $2.7 billion in financing
- Disbursements to start from June, July, Fashola says
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Nigeria is seeking $5.2 billion from the World Bank to expand electricity generation and help the economy recover from its first contraction in 25 years.
The bank’s private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, may invest about $1.3 billion in power projects and electricity distribution companies. Its political-risk insurer, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, could provide equity and debt of $1.4 billion for gas and solar power programs, according to Power, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola.