AfDB President Adesina named among 2021 global brand award winners

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been awarded Nigeria Global Brand Award of the Year 2021 by Blueprint Newspapers, a national daily print and newspaper in Nigeria. The award is in recognition for what the newspaper describes as Dr Adesina’s pragmatic and purposeful leadership.

Ms. Amina. J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary General and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation are also award recipients.

More than 30 Nigerians were recognized during the 2021 Annual Public Lectures and Impact Series/Awards ceremony held on the 16th of August  at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Guests included Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Governor Mai Mala Bunu of Yobe State, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Muhammed, and Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare.

Others were the Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Muhammadu Barau Mu’azu III, and various representatives of government, the private sector and members of the diplomatic corps.

The African Development Bank’s Director General for Nigeria Country Department, Mr. Lamin Barrow, received the award on behalf of Dr. Adesina.

According to Mohammed Idris, Chairman and Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Adesina received the award “because of his pragmatic and purposeful leadership, and the string of successes he has recorded as a national and international figure. The innovative ways he is working as the President of African Development Bank are worthy of our recognition.”

-Daily Independent