IMF to Recruit Managing Director

Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director

International Monetary Fund (IMF), says it has opened selection process for its top job and will begin accepting nominations on Thursday.

IMF Executive Board said in a statement in Washington on Thursday that it had adopted an open, merit-based, and transparent process for the selection of the managing director.

The statement, signed by IMF executive board member, Aleksei Mozhin, said the method of selection was similar to the one used in the previous round.

“Individuals may be nominated by a Fund governor or executive director. Like we did in 2011, we aim to reach a decision by consensus”, Mozhin said.

11 Arrested Over Attacks on Fun Seekers at National Theatre 

 

Eleven suspected members of a robbery gang that specialized in attacking fun seekers at the National Theatre and other parts of Ijora, Lagos state, were at the weekend arrested by operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad, RRS, of the state Police Command.

The gang, after an attack on a female trader and dispossessing her of N250, 000 on Saturday, was at the verge of attacking another group of ladies when RRS operatives apprehended them.

Meanwhile, other unsuspecting fun seekers also had their valuables forcefully taken away by these men before they were nabbed.

On detecting the policemen, the robbers took to their heels, but one of them, Onuwa Friday, who was recently released from prison, was arrested.

IMF Boss Christine Lagarde Arrives Nigeria

Managing Director of IMF, Ms. Christine Lagarde

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, has arrived Nigeria for a four-day working visit.

While here, she is expected to discuss the state of Nigeria’s economy and ways to improve it with President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, among others.

Details will be brought to you later. 

 

Source: This Day Live News