AfDB President, Adesina, joins presidential race

President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) and former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has joined the 2023 presidential race.

A coalition of groups including Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora One Nigeria Group, Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, women groups, farmers, people with disabilities and other civil society groups picked the forms on his behalf on Saturday.

The coalition is headed by Mohammed Salehled of the One Nigeria Group which said they raised N1000 million to pay for Adesina’s forms.