$4b World Bank COVID-19 cash: Nigeria Not Beneficiary

Nigeria did not make the list of 51 developing countries named by the World Bank as beneficiaries for its $4 billion Covid-19 vaccines. In its latest report on vaccine funding and deployment, the multilateral institution announced over $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of Covid-19 vaccines for 51 developing countries, half of which are in Africa. But Nigeria’s name was conspicuously missing in the long list of beneficiaries posted on its website that include Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Benin, Cabo Verde, the Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and The Gambia.Also in the list are Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine, Yemen, Zambia, among others. World Bank Managing Director of Operations, Axel van Trotsenburg, said the global lender is helping developing countries in every region of the world with vaccine purchase and rollout. The World Bank said its vaccine finance package is designed to be flexible.