President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received in audience at State House, Abuja, the newly re-elected President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, telling him: “I congratulate you on your second and final term in office. Congratulations on winning the election. Nothing succeeds like success.”
Dr. Adesina had overcome stiff opposition last month to win an unprecedented 100% votes from the regionals and non-regionals that make up the Bank and was inaugurated for the second term of five years as AfDB President on September 1.
The President in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, commended Dr. Adesina for his support for Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, stressing that the infrastructural deficits the country has in roads, rail, and power, could not be overcome without support.
The AfDB President thanked the Nigerian President and people for their support, saying he was proud to be a citizen of the country.
Adesina said Nigeria gave him air, “when I badly needed it in my lungs,” and pledged to always support the country in his private capacity, and as AfDB President.
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He then asked for a round of applause for the President.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
