| Uche Orji, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS AG banker named to lead Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to make spending on local infrastructure a key aim after local lawmakers opposed the fund’s creation.
“It’s a crucial cornerstone of the mandate of the fund,” Orji, 42, who also worked at JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and most recently spent almost 16 years in the U.S. and Europe, said last week in a telephone interview from New York. “This is not saving money for savings sake, this is about impacting the lives of people in a way that will be very fundamental for the future of Nigeria.”...........................................Full Article: Source
|