{"id":35096,"date":"2019-10-07T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=35096"},"modified":"2019-10-07T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:16:24","slug":"nigeria-nominates-adesina-for-re-election-as-afdb-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-nominates-adesina-for-re-election-as-afdb-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Nominates Adesina For Re-Election As AfDB President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.<\/p>\n<p>Akinwunmi, while speaking at an event in Lagos on Sunday, appreciated Buhari for nominating him for re-election for a second term as president of the bank.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adesina, Nigeria has invested so much in me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen asked by former President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as Minister of Agriculture, it was duty calling me to the land of my birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI served Nigeria to the very best of my ability. I thank God that Nigeria\u2019s agriculture sector witnessed a much-needed transformation at the time.<\/p>\n<p>`With the strong support of President Jonathan and the then President elect, Buhari, we campaigned very hard for the position of the President of the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a Nigeria effort, as all hands were on deck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis included our former presidents and heads of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, former Vice Presidents Atiku Abubakar and Namadi Sambo, and of course my dear indefatigable sister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who ran a spirited campaign for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy God\u2019s grace, I was elected President of the African Development Bank on May 28, 2015, exactly 24 hours after my term of office as Minister ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation jubilated as I became the first-ever Nigerian to be elected President of the bank since its establishment in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, Nigeria gave me air in my lungs.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt the African Development Bank, we have worked very hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my four years as President, we have connected 16 million people to electricity, provided 70 million people with improved agricultural technologies to achieve food security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also given nine million people access to finance from private sector companies, provided 55 million people with access to improved transport, and 31 million people with access to water and sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all, 181 million people have directly benefitted from our investments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of all my staff and the Board of Directors whose hard work and relentless support have helped make this happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe African Development Bank has continued to maintain its global AAA rating. Last year, the bank was rated the 4th most transparent institution globally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is still much to do. We have gone some way climbing the steep mountainside of Africa\u2019s development, yet there is still much way to go until we reach the mountaintop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria again is giving me air in my lungs, to keep on climbing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to immensely thank and appreciate President Buhari for nominating me for e-election for a second term as President of the African Development Bank and for being such a wonderful champion and supporter of my re-election,\u2019\u2019 Adesina said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17,624],"tags":[682],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-35096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","category-politics","tag-afdb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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