Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina has survived a fiery opposition mounted by the United States of America, as he has been re-elected as the President of the African Development Bank President for a second five-year term. The election took place electronically on Thursday at the virtual annual general meeting of the bank. Adesina’s reappointment on Thursday at the helm of the 56-year-old bank is considered a formality as he is the sole candidate, Lespanafricaines reports. The head of the African bank had appealed on Wednesday for a second term in office after…
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