Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina will be sworn-in today by the board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
The swearing-in ceremony will be virtual due to COVID-19 restrictions. Heads of states, governors and other stakeholders will attend th event.
The former minister was re-elected on Thursday to serve a second five-year term as president of the AfDB, after he was first elected on May 28, 2015.
He received the unanimous vote of all the Governors of the Bank on the last day of the 2020 Annual Meetings.
A globally-renowned development economist, World Food Prize Laureate and Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Adesina has distinguished himself in driving a bold agenda to reform the Bank and accelerate Africa’s development.
