Tinubu Congratulates Adesina On Obafemi Awolowo Prize For Leadership Award
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank, on receiving the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership.
Adesina was given the esteemed Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership Award for 2024, on Wednesday, at the Lagos Continental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu's Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, released a press statement from the State House on Wednesday that read, “President Tinubu commends the AfDB President for his visionary and noble endeavour to transform agriculture in Africa and ensure food security on the continent, recalling the growth enhancement schemes revolutionising Nigeria's agriculture value chains he introduced as the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.”
The statement added that Tinubu “acknowledges Dr. Adesina's unblemished records, tried and tested integrity, as well as his immense leadership and development strides, particularly in agriculture, efforts of which have earned him numerous honours and recognition globally, including the World Food Prize in 2017.”
The statement noted that Tinubu “wishes the AfDB President more success at AfDB and strength in his service to Africa and to humanity at large.”
Following past winners like Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, and well-known attorney Afe Babalola, Adesina is the fourth and third Nigerian to receive the honor.
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