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✔ A total of 58 Nigerian businesses and individuals are identified on the World Bank blacklist for participating in unethical practices
✔ They include 39 Nigerian enterprises that the African Development Bank (AfDB) had previously prohibited and 19 people named by the World Bank
✔ This means that the indicated persons and institutions will no longer be able to participate in any projects sponsored by the World Bank
As part of its continued efforts to maintain integrity and transparency in its projects and operations, the World Bank has placed 58 Nigerian businesses and individuals on a blacklist for participating in unethical practices.
Affected parties include 19 people named by the World Bank under the cross-debarment policy and 39 Nigerian enterprises that the African Development Bank (AfDB) had previously prohibited.
BusinessDay reported that the most recent World Bank’s list, updated every three hours, included 1,210 businesses and individuals worldwide.
What this means
A debarment prevents businesses or people from participating in initiatives and activities funded by World Bank Group organisations.
The World Bank report states that the penalties were imposed after the Bank held an administrative procedure that allowed the accused companies and individuals to address the accusations.
It added that the Bank’s protocols for penalty actions and settlements about bank-financed projects were followed throughout this process.
It stated in the report:
“Through July 2007, this process was conducted by the Sanctions Committee Procedures adopted on August 2, 2001. The process is currently conducted in accordance with Bank Procedure: Sanctions Proceedings and Settlements in Bank Financed Projects. For more information on the two-tier sanctions process go to Sanctions,”
