Tag: International Monetary Fund

Nigeria—Act with Resolve, Build Resilience, and Exercise Restraint-Christine Lagarde

Speech to the Nigerian National Assembly Abuja, January 6, 2016  Introduction  Honorable Speaker of the House, Honorable Members of Parliament, Honorable Members of the Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning—and—Happy New Year! I would like to thank you for the gracious introduction, and Members of Parliament and the people of […]

IMF’s Christine Lagarde Visits Nigeria to Address Economic Challenges

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday visited Nigeria to discuss the issues of the nation’s economic challenges. The Fund says Lagarde during her visit will engage policy makers and other stakeholders in both Nigeria and the sub-region to […]

IMF Appoints Vitor Gaspar as Director Fiscal Affairs Department

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday announced the appointment of Vitor Gaspar as the Fund’s Director of Fiscal Affairs Department. In a statement from the IMF and made available to InvestAdvocate, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director (MD) of the Fund today named Gaspar to the position […]