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AfDB President, Adesina, joins presidential race, pays N100m for APC nomination form
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.
.Investigation revealed that last January, a group, Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria (PYAN) had urged Dr Akinwumi Adesina to join the race for the 2023 presidential election.
Addressing newsmen, the spokesman of the PYAN, Mr Haruna Awode said Adesina has outstanding qualities needed at the critical moment to address the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria as a nation.
The group noted that as a former Minister of Agriculture and the incumbent president of AfDB, Adesina has not disappointed or failed the nation, especially the youths.
