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Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect of Nigeria, had requested the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to support the candidacy of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as the next president of the African Development Bank (ADB).

In a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday, Gen. Buhari said that his support of Dr. Adesina’s candidacy was not just because he was Nigerian. But because Dr. Adesina has a proven track record in a career that predates his position as Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development.


Gen. Buhari has communicated his backing of Dr. Adesina’s candidacy to the Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, who is the current chairperson of the ECOWAS.