Author: Anietie John

“You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that.  Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.” With these innocent words, the President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim opened a can of worms. The poor banker, obviously, never heard of the “mum effect in communication” – some things are better left unsaid. Kim got it wrong, when he began his statement with “You know.” We do not know, Kim!…