The President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said this while inaugurating the African Economic Outlook 2023.
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In a letter dated January 13, 2023 and personally signed by him, Tinubu admonished the Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture to take heart even with the pain the death of his mother, Madam Eunice Olaperi Folashade Adesina, has brought.
Blair in a condolence letter on behalf of himself and wife Cherie, which was addressed to the AfDB president, said the deceased lived a fulfilled life.
The former head of state in a condolence letter addressed to Adesina in Abuja, said the deceased had a fulfilled life of service to God, her family, community and the nation at large.
President, AfDB Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this at a news conference to conclude the Bank’s 2022 Annual Meetings in Accra, Ghana.
He gave the reasons in a statement on Tuesday titled, ‘Statement by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank’.
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Bank and a former Minister of Agriculture, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Similarly, the group called on Governors Godwin Obaseki of Edo, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State to join hands in ensuring Adesina’s emergence.
Adesina, in a goodwill message issued Saturday, described Obasanjo’s contributions to Nigeria, Africa and the world as exemplary.
Adesina made the assertion on Sunday in a statement from his tour of the Dangote facilities over the weekend.
The group made the call in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Director, Judith Onyekwere, Sunday in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Adesina said this through his verified Twitter handle: @akin_adesina, urging western countries to lift the travel ban.
Speaking at Sahara Group’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Adesina emphasized the need for Africa to achieve universal access to electricity as soon as possible. He urged Sahara Group to sustain its role in setting industry standards for environmental sustainability, spearheading the transition to renewable energy, and accelerating affordable electricity access to low-income households and small and medium size enterprises.
He disclosed this during the Convocation Lecture at the American University of Nigeria, on Saturday.
Adesina addressed leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at a special summit held on Saturday, just days before the Bank Group’s 2021 Annual meetings, scheduled for 23-25 June.
The memorandum of understanding will help catalyze new sources of financing to help bridge the $2.5 trillion annual financing gap for development in Africa. This gap requires that development finance institutions work in partnership.
We agree with many of the historians that the pursuit of closer foreign economic relations is no longer an option and the important need for an upward trajectory in bilateral relationship, first in our own neighbourhood and then in the world are key. This is what necessitated a whirlwind of visits around the world in the President’s First Term.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday sent the nomination of 40-year-old Bawa to the Senate for confirmation, saying the request was in accordance with paragraph 2 (3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004.
Not that it matters to Trump one way or the other. We can only hope that after four years of spite, insults and hostilities, he might yet, in a fleeting moment of sanity, ask himself whether going out of his way to annoy or denigrate the continent was worth all the trouble.
Adesina gave the charge at the 2020 Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria Fellowship Investiture with the theme, “Financial Services in a Post COVID-19 Environment: Strategic Imperatives”.