Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said he is not running for the office of the president of Nigeria.
Recall that there have been calls for Adesina to join the presidential race ahead of the 2023 elections.
It was reports that some groups had purchased and submitted the presidential nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on behalf of Adesina.
But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the AfDB president said he is not running for president.
Thanking all the groups that reached out to him to consider running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he said that his current responsibilities at this time do not allow him to accept to be considered.
He said he is engaged and committed to the mission that Nigeria, Africa and all the non-African shareholders of the African Development Bank have given him for Africa’s development and is fully focused on the mission of supporting the accelerated development and economic integration of Africa.
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