{"id":17179,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-nigeria-abuja-hosts-afdb-president\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:02:52","slug":"iita-nigeria-abuja-hosts-afdb-president","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-nigeria-abuja-hosts-afdb-president\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA Nigeria (Abuja) hosts AfDB President"},"content":{"rendered":"To see how IITA is assisting the Nigerian youth engaged in the\u00a0IITA Youth Agripreneurs<\/a>\u00a0(IYA) scheme to generate novel businesses from agriculture, the President of the African Development Bank (BAD<\/a>) and former Principal Economist at IITA,\u00a0Akinwumi Adesina<\/a>, paid his first official visit as President of the Bank to IITA\u2019s Station in Abuja on 27 September.\n
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DG Nteranya Sanginga and the Agripreneurs welcome AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina to IITA\u2019s Abuja Station.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nAdesina also came for discussions on the implementation of the Empowering Noble Agri-Business Led Employment (ENABLE Youth<\/a>) project of the AfDB in the country. IITA, together with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, will implement the ENABLE project with a US$300 million grant from the Bank and will see the creation of 1000 youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness in each of the 36 states, with an expected additional 185,000 jobs created.\n

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A smiling AfDB President being welcomed with flowers by Glory Paul, the daughter of an IITA staff member.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAdesina was accompanied by a 36-person delegation of the Bank comprising Kapil Kapoor \u2013 Acting Vice President, Sector Operations; Stephen Nalletawby \u2013 VP Infrastructure;\nAg Director Sunita Pitember \u2013 Director, Social Development; Ismaila Dieng \u2013 Director of Communication; Lamin Barrow \u2013 Manager, Office of the President; Ag VP Janvier Litse \u2013 VP Regional Operations; Ousmane Dore \u2013 Country Director, Nigeria; Jacob Mukete \u2013 Former Director, Governance; VP and Chief Economist Celestine Monga; VP Human Resources Alberic Kacou; Director of Agriculture Department Chiji Ojukwu; Executive Director AfDB Nigeria Bright Okogu, and Country Director Nigeria, Chief of Staff Sipho Moyo, among others.\n\nA former ambassador to The Netherlands also represented Nigeria\u2019s President Muhammed Buhari.\n

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A group photo in front of the new Agripreneur building in IITA\u2019s Abuja Station.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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