Abuja (Precise Post) – Robinson will lead the probe, alongside Gambia’s Chief Justice Hassan Jallow and the World Bank’s integrity vice president Leonard McCarthy, the bank’s board of governors said in a release on Wednesday.
The governors of the AfDB, one of the world’s five largest multilateral development lenders, expressed “their complete confidence” in the panel.
Robinson — a barrister by training — led Ireland from 1990 to 1997 before serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights until 2002.
The inquiry is due to deliver its findings in two to four weeks.
The AfDB plays an important if largely behind-the-scenes role in African economies, financing projects in agriculture, health, energy, education, transport, and other development sectors.(Channels TV).
