JUST IN: Buhari meets AfDB President, Adesina |READ DETAILS
Afnews Editor
Jun 02, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari is in a closed-door meeting with the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, in the State House.
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Adesina had been in the eye of the storm over allegations of impropriety at the bank, a situation which had been a subject of inquiry by the Bank's Ethics Committee.
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The Committee cleared the AfDB President but the United States Department of Treasury dismissed the verdict, calling for an independent investigation of the allegations against Adesina.
AfDB, a regional multilateral institution, is owned by African countries but the United States of America (USA) is a major investor.
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Nigerian and other African leaders have been rallying support for Adesina, who is completing his renewable five-year-term.
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