Nigeria gets World Bank funding for social program ahead of fuel subsidy cut

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ABUJA, April 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria has secured $800 million from the World Bank to scale up its national social program ahead of the removal of its costly but popular subsidies on petrol in June, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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