By Adesina Soyooye
Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has acknowledged former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s role in his life.
In a post on X where he attached a photograph where he was with Jonathan, Adesina disclosed that it was Jonathan who nominated him for the AFDB job, and supported him to get it.
For that he hailed Jonathan as his “Boss for life.” Adesina was the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development under the Goodluck Jonathan Administration. He bagged the AFDB job as its President just in the twilight of the Administration in 2015. In 2020, he won a re-election for second term in office, a term which will come to an end in September 2025.
His successor, nominated in May, 2025, will be former Minister of Finance, Mauritania, Sidi Ould Tah.
Hailing Dr Jonathan in
an X post on Thursday, Adesina wrote: “My boss for life! President @GEJonathan graciously nominated and supported me to be President of the @AfDB_Group in 2015. I was happy he told me ‘I am very proud of you. You have done a great job! You have made Nigeria and Africa very proud.’ Thank you Sir!”
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