{"id":19255,"date":"2019-12-23T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19255"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:30:11","slug":"ecowas-endorses-adesina-for-second-term-as-afdb-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ecowas-endorses-adesina-for-second-term-as-afdb-president","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS endorses Adesina for second term as AfDB president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was announced in a communique by the commission\u2019s President, Jean-Claude Kassi at the end of the 56th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS said the development was in recognition of the sterling performance of Adesina during his first term of office as President of the bank.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected to the five-year term on 28 May 2015 by the Bank\u2019s Board of Governors at its Annual Meetings in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, where the same electoral process will play out in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina is a renowned development economist and the first Nigerian to serve as President of the Bank Group.<\/p>\n<p>He has served in a number of high-profile positions internationally, including that of Rockefeller Foundation, as well as Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2011 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The commission commended Adesina for the bank\u2019s involvement in the provision of technical and financial interventions to West African region.<\/p>\n<p>It also lauded the president for the implementation of numerous projects and programmes across the region.<\/p>\n<p>During the summit, Adesina announced that AfDB\u2019s portfolio investments in ECOWAS region stood at 20 billion dollars. 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