By Simon Akwu
Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, who paid him a visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
It was gathered that Adesina arrived the State House at about 2.55p.m and was escorted to President Buhari’s office by protocol officials of the State House.
As at the filing this report, the agenda of the meeting was unknown but Precise Post feels that it may not be unconnected with the counter position of the United States government after the clean bill of health verdict by the Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors of the bank and reactions that have trailed same.
Recall that President Buhari had on May 7, commended Adesina over the clean bill of health given to him by the financial institution’s Board of Directors.
Buhari noted that a report dated May 5, 2020, signed by Niale Kaba, Chairman of the Bureau of the Board of Governors, indicated that Dr Adesina had been exonerated of allegations against him by whistleblowers.
The allegations were thoroughly investigated by the Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors, and a recommendation made to Governors of the African Development Bank, and African Development Fund.
“On the basis of the results contained in the report of the committee, I am of the view that we should adopt its conclusions by declaring that the President is totally exonerated of all the allegations made against him,’’ the report by Kaba indicated.
However, the U.S Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, had called for an independent probe into the allegations by a group of whistleblowers against the AfDB President.
Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and other 12 African Leaders had, in a letter registered their support for Adesina, and called for the respect of the judgment of the ethics Committee of Board of Directors of the regional multilateral institution.
Precise Post recalls that the African Development Bank is owned by African countries but the US is a major investor
