Adesina, Chairman of AfDB reacts to Reports of his interests to contest for Nigeria’s President

Mr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group, AfDB, has reacted to the viral reports of his availability to contest for the number office in Nigeria.

Abacity.ng recalled that the media was awash with headlines indicating that the AfDB President will be contesting for the office of the President in Nigeria.

However, Adesina, in a statement posted on his verified X account refuted the viral publication, stressing that he was misinterpreted.

The Nigeria’s former minister of Agriculture, said the media misinterpreted what he said during an interview with Arise TV News. Adding that he never said he will run for the office of the president in Nigeria.

He said: “A segment of my recent interview on @ARISEtv has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets.

What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”

“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online (youtu.be/xgyDRnBWWcY?si…), will show this to be the case.

“For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria.