Racoon:

None yet but all these allegations are too weighty as we all know especially the ethical aspects.Dont be in a haste to defend yet.Calm down.Convicted or acquitted, this has already given Akinwunmi Adeshina some bad rub off.

Exactly unfortunately the higher you rise in a company the more you need to avoid scandals because whether proven or not they damage your brand equity

Alex9999:


Again, you don't have "steal" to bring down an organization. You just have to violate rules -- OMG. Is our country/continent going anywhere soon? I assume you are a youth. With this kind of thinking -- no chance!

Forget it sir/ma. If you are thinking of nigeria future and factoring in the so called youths then you will know that the country has no future.


We are talking of violations of rules here and someone is asking if the accused stole, that is how they think. The next thing now is they will narrow it to tribe and start name calling. To them unless one steals, no error is committed . Now even if it is proven he stole they will question is it this small amount? as if they have it.

Bohari knew why he called them lazy youths because they can think smart. They are more interested in nairaland first to comment o and tribal name calling.

Kwanza:

"11. Settlements for staff separations (unethical conduct, preferential treatment, impediment to efficiency). The reorganization of the Bank by President Adesina proved very costly in terms of agreed voluntary separation packages. However, on top of these packages, many separations were the subject of confidential amicable settlements for which it is unclear if they were needed or the result of preferential treatment. In 2019, the use of a contingency budget of UA 2.8m was requested and in 2020, an additional UA 2m was budgeted for such cases. An illustrative example is that of Mr. Celestin Monga, former Chief Economist, who, in exchange for a severance package of 15 months of salary (more than USD 400,000), tendered his resignation in September 2019 merely 3 weeks after his 3-year contract had been automatically renewed. Why wasn’t the contract not renewed at the expiry date which would have resulted in a lower compensation of just 36 days of salary? Did Mr. Monga and others benefit from presidential preferential treatment or were those compensations objectively justified? Was this a method to circumvent the requirements of article 37.2 of the Agreement and so bypass the consultation of the Board of Directors?

"12. Resignation of Mr. David Ssegawa (unethical conduct, preferential treatment, impediment to efficiency, adversely affecting confidence in the integrity of the bank). T his case is widely known in the bank after it was disclosed by the Ivorian ED and has been the subject of an internal audit and an investigation.A Ugandan national residing in Kenya,Mr.SSsegawa was appointed by the President to the position of Director of Human Resources in 2016. In clear violation of the Bank's rules and procedures, he signed through direct procurement two service contracts amounting to USD 2.1 million to the benefit of a Kenyan recruitment firm (CAREER CONNECTIONS Ltd) to process some aspects of staff recruitment. The maximum signing authority of a Director at the Bank, for direct procurement, is UA 100,000. On top of the abuse of the delegation of authority matrix, it was at the time alleged that Mr. Ssegawa had a stake in that company. When those fraudulent procurement practices were revealed and an audit was requested, the President separated from Mr. Ssegawa by letting him resign while under investigation and allegedly paying him a substantial severance package instead of sanctioning him. Since then, Mr. Ssegawa is enjoying the responsibilities of Global People Director at OXFAM.

"13. Resignation of Mr. Michel-Cyr Djiena-Wembou (unethical conduct, preferential treatment, impediment to efficiency, adversely affecting confidence in the integrity of the bank). This former country representative in Chad was found guilty of serious misconduct after an audit and an investigation. But instead of being sanctioned by the bank, he was allowed to resign and received a golden parachute as part of an amicable settlement. Not having to face the consequences of his acts, he is now, ironically enough, expert in good governance for ECCAS.

"14. Appointment of Mr. Charles Lufumpa as acting VP and Chief Economist (unethical conduct, preferential treatment, impediment to efficiency, adversely affecting confidence in the integrity of the bank). Yet another perplexing case of impunity. As Director of Statistics, Mr. Lufumpa, a Zambian national, awarded two contracts (to KNOEMA and PROGNOZ) for a total amount of more than USD 18m. Internal audits and fraud investigations have concluded that the contracts were fraudulently awarded, and the responsibility of Mr. Lufumpa has been established in 2016. To this day, no action has been taken by the bank towards Mr. Lufumpa. Better still, in October 2019, Mr. Lufumpa was appointed Acting VP and Chief Economist by the President.

"15. Disregard of rules concerning leave of absence of VPs or travel of management (unethical conduct, preferential treatment, impediment to efficiency). Mr. Khaled Sherif, VP for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, has earned a strong reputation of being an absentee VP. In 36 months, the total amount of his unjustified absences is estimated at more than 14 months while he should be entitled to a maximum of 26 leave days per year. Nonetheless, he spends nearly 4 months a year at the bank's expense in Washington DC, where he was based before he was recruited by the AfDB. For example, he left Abidjan on the 4 of October 2019 only to return on the 22 of October (an 18-day absence), to take part in the World Bank's Annual Meeting, which just lasted 6 days from the 14 to the 20 of October. In addition, Mr. Sherif was also absent for 2 and a half months, from July to the end of September, without any valid reason, not to mention a one-month stay last June in the USA. From November 2019 to early 2020, he has been absent from the bank. Other members of the management also enjoy this possibility of abusing the travel policy without sanction. Among them, Mr. Fregene who spends 10 days every two months at the bank’s expense in the United States, where is family is located. We cannot imagine that these absences have not been authorized by the President and they question the economic use of resources and the operational capacity of the bank when the staff rules make no provision for tele-working.

"16. Political lobbying of Heads of State (unethical conduct, political activity, private gain). The President is the unchallenged travel champion of the bank. He uses the opportunities of these travels to meet with regional Heads of State and make financial promises (effectively bypassing governors, EDs and operational staff) to secure support for his reelection to a second term and to stifle competition. Ironically, in 2015, it was reported that Mr Adesina had lobbied the World Bank through the Nigerian governor to prevent Mr. Makthar Diop, then WB Vice-President for Africa, from using his official travels and position to campaign for his own election for president of the AfDB. Mr Diop consequently did not run. Recently, at its 56 Ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, ECOWAS announced the endorsement of the candidacy of Mr. Adesina for a second term just after Mr. Adesina had delivered an address to the session. Being a politically elected function, any effort to secure an election or a re-election is considered a political activity. Staff willing to run for the office would have to resign before being allowed to do so."

This is a serious allegation. I just wonder how he is going to scale through all these, except power that be still want him in dat position

They just want to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

Flimsy allegations.

Wiseandtrue:

Them think say na Nigeria them dey

Trump no appoint his daughter and son-in-law in his government

Very nepotistic.....

Is it the President Dr Adesina that travel around globally pushing Afdb mission of ensuring food sufficiency is the one having all this allegation. The United State should better stop this Economic Hit Men mentality and allow Afdb focus so we can prevent famine in Africa in this Covid19 period.
You think we would devalue our currency ba,rather we would stop importing food save ourself $20billion annually.Ntor

GODPUNISHALABI:
lol no be this idiot wey we been dey hail as presidential material those days lol....this country funny die

Have they proved him guilty? Relax bro,as righteous as Jesus was/is Many allegations were raised against him.

teejet:
They just want to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

Flimsy allegations.

there is nothing flimsy about this ..these are serious offense. Especially nepotism and not following the due process

Nigeria is cursed. see as this idiot dey display Nigeria's level of corruption to the outside world, this is why Nigerians hardly attain top positions in international organizations. cursed nation with greed and nepotism

Mean!!! These allegations are much.

Adesina is gone.

I pray all these do not affect Ngozi Iweala's reputation, being the person that recommended Mr Adeshina for the top job.

What are be the interests and benefits of the US and EU in AfDB?

This is the best time for African people, AU and Africa's leadership to decide for the continent. These bunch of selfish individuals are now treating Africa as a country.

Shameless!!!

America should hands off. The fact that they are shareholders does not mean they can control the bank as they wish. Where is the AU, why are they silent

I don't see any wrong thing in what the guy did.
He gave the opportunity to those he believes in, those that can deliver for him. If afdb fails, the entire blaim falls upon him.
If I were in his shoes, I won't employ my enemy as well, would you?

dfrost:


And AAA should equally be dealt with for throwing under the carpet a serious issue as sexual harassment. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was removed for the same offence.

Dominic was not removed for the same offence

9jaDoomCountry:




Forget it sir/ma. If you are thinking of nigeria future and factoring in the so called youths then you will know that the country has no future.


We are talking of violations of rules here and someone is asking if the accused stole, that is how they think. The next thing now is they will narrow it to tribe and start name calling. To them unless one steals, no error is committed . Now even if it is proven he stole they will question is it this small amount? as if they have it.

Bohari knew why he called them lazy youths because they can think smart. They are more interested in nairaland first to comment o and tribal name calling.

Exactment!!! You 've said it all. But as usual, some wont still agree to what you said.

pfadom:
What are be the interests and benefits of the US and EU in AfDB?

Saboteurs

NIGERIANS WILL ALWAYS REMAIN NIGERIANS






PERSON NOR DEY,WAY GO STILL DO AM DIFFERENTLY ;

The Nigerian just cannot handle authority, power and privilege without abusing it. It is our sub-culture. No one cares to go in, serve with professionalism and dignity and leave with only an ovation and best regards. Legacy is a foreign language to us. Just see how this man has ended a promising career where the world was at his feet. Just sad.

Nigerians can see how a properly structured system will identify and eject corruption just as tye white blood cells arrest pathogens. If it wereto be Nigeria no one below him will be able to comment thoughtless of considering removing him.

why cant dey write a book about this?? wetin concern america with afdb buhari just dey sleep. i like kapoor. i mean he dey collect 23,000 usd as a consultant monthly

seunmsg:


How much did they say he stole?

You goof here, he doesn't have to steal before being convicted.
What I could said is that Adesina carries Nigeria political mentality, which is not acceptable in saner clime to a regional organization.

AyakaDunukofia:
I pray all these do not affect Ngozi Iweala's reputation, being the person that recommended Mr Adeshina for the top job.

it will not affect her reputation in any manner....his behavior has nothing to do with her

No wonder he was cleared by the board... all this allegation are watery and cant stand

emkz:


I will summarize the 16 points to you incase you did not read, inter alia, you read cursorily: Dr Adesina is alleged to have abused his position by violating ethical guidelines in the recruitment and promotion of staff, disrespected internal probationary rules, condoned sexual harassment by his protégé, recruited unqualified staff, favouritism, duplicated company roles and probably wasted banks funds on unproductive concerns.

If you recall Dominique Strass Kahn, former IMF Chief; he was accused of ethical misconduct by sexually harassing a hotel maid and he resigned. If you worked in an international organization, you'd know that ethical misconduct or condoning ethical misconduct is as terrible as financial misconduct.

He probably think this Nigeria #falzthebadguysong.

Probe him and throw his arse in Jail if he’s guilty

Racoon:

This is totally unethical if proven to be true.This needs to be thoroughly revisited & Mr.Ezenwa punished accordingly if found guilty.

On point

tunary:
Nigeria is cursed. see as this idiot dey display Nigeria's level of corruption to the outside world, this is why Nigerians hardly attain top positions in international organizations. cursed nation with greed and nepotism

.

Remove Nigeria from your post and replace it with your surname. Then read it aloud to all members of your family.
That's your portion.
Happy Children Day

seunmsg:
Very watery allegations. It’s very obvious they simply want him out just to make the bank an instrument of western control of African countries.

Look at this guy

These allegations are not watery at all

banhammy:
I don't see any wrong thing in what the guy did.
He gave the opportunity to those he believes in, those that can deliver for him. If afdb fails, the entire blaim falls upon him.
If I were in his shoes, I won't employ my enemy as well, would you?

That is the typical Nigerian thought process. Well it doesn't work in other climes where for instance a Board is there for a reason. If he wanted his way then he had to persuade the Board, lobby them or whatever but to ride over them speaks only wrong.