AfDB President, Adesina, joins APC presidential race
POLITICS DIGEST- President of the African Development Bank ,AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, may have joined the contest for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
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This is because a coalition of 28 groups, consisting of 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, raised the N100m fee to purchase the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the former agriculture minister.
The coalition is led by the Head, One Nigeria Group, Mohammed Saleh. The move put paid to weeks of speculations that some APC chieftains were mounting pressure on Adesina to enter the race and that it would be easier to secure presidential approval for his bid.
