Nigeria: Adesina Assumes Reins At AfDB

Lagos — The new President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, said the bank would focus on tackling inequalities, ensuring adequate energy supplies and enhancing food security during his tenure.

"Five priorities will shape our work at the Bank under my Presidency as weadvance the implementation of the Bank's Ten Year Strategy: Light up andPower Africa. Feed Africa. Integrate Africa. Industrialize Africa.Improve quality of life for the people of Africa," he said during his inaugural address at the AfDB Group Headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

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