The $1.5 billion, which is the first tranche of the federal government's $3 billion request from the World Bank is to be delayed as the much-awaited meeting of the multilateral institution's board of directors didn't hold yesterday as scheduled, THISDAY learnt.
A reliable source disclosed that the federal government would now have to wait till either September or October when the multilateral institution's next board meeting would hold.
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