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After five years of a committed and devoted service, World Bank's Vice-President for Africa, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has officially resigned from the Bretton Woods institution.
While addressing Ezekwesili's resignation which takes effect from the first week of May, The World Bank President, Mr. Robert Zoelick, in the official release, said Ezekwesili would be back to Nigeria after "five years of important and successful service to the bank and Africa".
Ezekwesili, who was a two-time minister when former President Olusegun Obasanjo held sway, by one year, had to be delayed to enable her implement the new strategy, "Africa's Future and World Bank support to It," that "she did so much to develop".
Ezekwesili will be succeeded by Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national, who has been the Country Director for Brazil since 2009, and is expected to resume on May 5. Although Zoelick gave no reason for Ezekwesili's resignation, according to him, "Under Oby's leadership, our Africa team employed innovation, knowledge, partnership and financial services to strengthen results across Africa and to improve the prospects for Africa's economic performance."
Conclusively, The World Bank President wished Ezekwesili "all the best in her future endeavours working with civil society, in which she will help to strengthen public se