Abidjan -The President of African Development Bank (AfDB) says youth unemployment must be given top priority by leaders of various countries. Adesina said this during the public presentation of African Economic Outlook 2020 in Abidjan on Thursday. He explained that with 12 million graduates entering the labour market each year and only three million of them […]
Declaring publicly is not in our laws; it can only be a voluntary thing.” Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said. Adesina speaking on Channels television said that President Muhammadu Buhari can not asked by any law, to declare his asset openly. Adesina reacting to Socio-Economic Rights and […]
ABUJA – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank (https://www..org/) President Akinwumi Adesina for a second term at the helm of the institution. The decision was announced at the end of the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, […]
Abuja – The African Development Bank (AfDB), says its portfolio investments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is 20 billion dollars. This is contained in a statement released by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Sunday. It said that the bank’s President Mr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed this at the […]
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, has said that the re-arrest of Omoyele Sowore, convener of Revolution Now within the Federal High court premises in Abuja was “not a desecration of the temple of justice”, and that the video of the arrest being circulated on social media is concocted and does not reflect what transpired.’ Adesina spoke on […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, Board of Governors and members of staff of the institution on the historic increase in its capital from 93 billion dollars to 208 billion dollars. President Buhari, who stated this in a congratulatory message issued by his […]
Abuja – Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged Nigerian youths to strive to acquire entrepreneurial skills so they can brace up to challenges of labour market. Adesina made the call while delivering a lecture at the 13th convocation of Bowen University on Friday in Osun. Adesina said that the call […]
In this interview with some Nigeria journalists on the sidelines of the just-ended World Bank/International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington DC, the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, shares his vision for Africa, and some interventions by the bank to prepare the continent and its people for the digital future. Harrison Arubu […]
Mr Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture, under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration on May 28, 2015 emerged as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB). He was the first Nigerian to head the AfDB established in 1964. He was elected the bank’s president, hours after his term of as Minister of Agriculture ended; and he […]
Abuja – 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. 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. According to […]
As the intrigues and politicking for the 2019 presidency is gathering momentum, the Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not seek re-election if he considers his health as a challenge. Although Buhari is yet to speak publicly about his reelection bid, his supporters […]
Nigeria’s image has attained a positive rating in far away United States when the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and current President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, received the prestigious $250,000 World Food Prize Laureate. Adesina had in the early hours ofFriday in Des Moines, the capital city of […]
“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.” With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, on behalf of the […]
Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, rose yesterday to stoutly defend the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the disbursement of N5, 000 stipends to poor Nigerians declaring that government is particular about its integrity and will therefore, not lie to its citizens.Adesina was briefing State House Correspondents after the first Federal Executive Council Meeting yesterday stated […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the freedom of the press, and restoration of Nigeria’s fortunes within the shortest possible time, presidential spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, has said. This is contained in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director, Information at the Presidential Villa. Adesina gave the assurance when […]
Debo Adesina, has expressed fears about changes imposed by technology on journalism and its effect on good governance. Adesina, however, advised the media to embrace new technology, master the skills of the profession and understand the audience. He said this while delivering the keynote lecture at the second Distinguished Lecture Series of the University of […]