President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has started the campaign for Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for the Presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He sent the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma to lobby him for Adesina’s candidacy.
A statement from the Atiku Media Office in Abuja today said that Atiku Abubakar is on diplomatic shuttle to shore up much-needed support for the Nigerian candidate to leverage on his contacts to lobby for the emergence of Adesina.
President-elect Buhari who backs the candidacy of Adesina had last month conveyed his support to the President of Ghana, John Mahama when the two leaders met in Abuja.
According to the statement, Atiku travelled with Adesina to South Africa over the weekend where the two met with President Zuma at the Presidential Residence in Durban.
“His Excellency former Vice President Atiku Abubakar met President Zuma in the company of Dr Akinwumi Adesina during which the directive of President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari was conveyed to Zuma. The issue of South Africa and the Southern African region support for Nigeria’s candidate was exhaustively discussed and well appreciated.”
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L-R Senator Domingo Obande, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma and Minister of Agriculture and Nigeria’s candidate for president for African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina at the Presidential Residence in Durban, South Africa on Saturday, 02 May 2015. [myad]
