Newly re-elected President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, September 1, 2020Dr Akinwumi Adesina has been sworn-in as the newly re-elected eight President of the African Development Bank for a second term.
Dr Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was re-elected on August 27 to serve a second five-year term, after a unanimous vote of all Governors, regional and non-regional members of the Bank. The AfDB President described his re-election as historic, becoming the first President of the bank to be re-elected by 100 percent votes of all its shareholders and the first Nigerian to hold the post.
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