President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Improvement Financial institution (AfDB), on the award of the distinguished Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Management.
Dr Adesina joins the pantheon of different earlier winners of the award corresponding to Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and lawyer-educationist, Chief Afe Babalola.
Tinubu significantly counseled the AfDB President for his visionary and noble endeavour to rework agriculture in Africa and guarantee meals safety on the continent, recalling the expansion enhancement schemes revolutionizing Nigeria’s agriculture worth chains he launched because the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Improvement.
A congratulatory message conveyed by Ajuri Ngelale, media aide to the President on Wednesday, acknowledged Dr Adesina’s unblemished information, tried and examined integrity, in addition to his immense management and improvement strides, significantly in agriculture, efforts of which have earned him quite a few honours and recognition globally, together with the World Meals Prize in 2017.
President Tinubu wished the AfDB President extra success at AfDB and energy in his service to Africa and humanity at massive.
