Ahead of the African Development Bank (AfDB) presidential
election which holds today, the eight candidates in the race met with the Board
of Governors on Wednesday at the ongoing bank’s 50th Annual Meetings in
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The eight candidates who
met individually with the board of governors were Akinwunmi Adesina,
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Sufian Ahmed, Minister
of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia; Jaloul Ayed, Minister of Fnance,
Tunisia; Kordje Bedoumra, Minister of Finance and Budget, Chad; Cristina
Duarte, Minister of Finance and Planning, Cabo Verde; Samura M.W. Kamara,
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sierra Leone;
Thomas Zondo Sakala (Zimbabwe), former
Vice President, Country and Regional Programmes, AfDB; and Birama Boubacar
Sidibe (Mali), Vice President, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sources said that each
candidate took turn to defend his vision statement before the board of governors.
The successful candidate will replace Dr. Donald Kaberuka, a
national of Rwanda, who has been in the saddle since September 1, 2005,
following his election in July 2005. He has served two terms of five years
each.
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