AfDB agrees to external review of Akinwumi Adesina
The bank’s president is under investigation after a whistle-blower complaint, with the US not happy with the internal review that cleared him
05 June 2020 - 13:22
Abidjan — The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to an external review of an investigation that found no evidence of wrongdoing by its president, Akinwumi Adesina.
The decision comes two weeks after US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected the findings by the bank’s ethics committee and called for an independent probe of allegations that Adesina awarded contracts to friends and relatives. Several Western shareholders of the bank backed Mnuchin’s call, while Nigeria and other African shareholders rallied to support Adesina...
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