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World Bank says Okonjo-Iweala in Nigeria for talks

by Reuters
Tuesday, 5 July 2011 18:35 GMT

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala remains in her current job, but is currently in Nigeria for talks, a bank spokeswoman said on Tuesday following reports she will join President Goodluck Jonathan's cabinet.

"We are aware that she is in Nigeria for discussions with the president," a World Bank spokeswoman told Reuters in response to a question on whether Okonjo-Iweala had accepted the position. For details, see [ID:nLDE7641E8] (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton)

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