Why I Backed Adesina For AfDB – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed the reason he recommended Akinwunmi Adesina for president of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Buhari, while interacting with the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday said his decision to back Adesina to emerge president is an indication that he “belongs to everybody and nobody.”

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According to him, he backed Adesina even though he served as a minister in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government.

He said: “The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), who forgot to mention that he was serving in the PDP government as minister but all the same I picked him and recommended him for AfDB.

“I think it emphasised what I said during my swearing in that I’m for everybody, I’m for nobody. As long as you are a Nigerian be prepared to be on the receiving end from me.”

Adesina had earlier expressed gratitude to Buhari for backing him to get the position stating that Nigeria’s economy gained momentum after the president’s health improved.

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“Mr President as you must have noticed, there is a very strong correlation between your health and the economy and when you came back the economy picked up after that. So we wish you great health so that the economy can continue to pick,” he had said.

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