The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, has given reasons he can’t run for Nigeria’s Presidency in 2023. He gave the reasons in a statement on Tuesday titled, ‘Statement by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank’. In the statement, Adesina said his current responsibility as the AfDB’s president won’t make him available to contest Nigeria’s presidency. “I remain fully engaged and committed to the mission that Nigeria, Africa and all the non-African shareholders of the African Development Bank have given me for Africa’s development. “I remain fully focused on the mission of supporting the accelerated development and economic integration of Africa.”The PUNCH had reported that the AfDB’s regulations bar its President from partisan politics.

Source: Punch May 17, 2022 21:33 UTC