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You guys like using this emotion-laden conspiratorial style of argumentation. Everything is a conspiracy and allegations of facts are turned into questions of motive as Hannah Arendt would say.

Did he appoint his brother-in-law or not and did it follow due process? Same goes for the contract allegedly awarded. All I get is diatribes about French and US conspirators.

At the heart of it, the Americans (apparently, they are also part of the conspiracy) are saying that this should be investigated independently and not by the ethics committee. This is not too high a hurdle to accomplish.

All the things you say about French motives could all be true without being mutually incompatible with the claim that Adesina acted unethically. Corruption allegations are often used as a weapon to target our enemies - we see a lot of that in Nigeria. But the possibility of this does not dispel the need for a proper independent investigation, it makes it even more compelling for such an investigation to be carried out.

gaetano:


https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-05-24/u-s-treasury-urges-independent-investigation-into-afdb-head?__twitter_impression=true

Olominira:

To be honest with you, your level of international politics is extremely low. I would not be able to respond to all you wrote. Let me just correct just one big lie or lack of information there; The entire world actually wants China to drop "Developing Economy" but China do not want because they would loose a lot of trade benefits. Pls take your time and read articles on this. It's better to be properly informed before making comments on public fora

Alex9999:


Please don't . I don't see much to gain from your plain-vanilla naivete. There's nothing to read. While their streets might look developed to an African, the country is still a middle income country -- with massive amounts of poor people, and minimal social safety nets. You read more articles. I can furnish you with them. As for international basket of currencies, Yuan is a junior member -- Euro, Yen come before it. It has to surpass those before taking aim at the dollar. Plus do you think central bankers trust the chinese closed system. They've been peddling currency swaps for years, even their neighbor India (that should be most interested) is not buying it; instead they are moving troops to the border readying for skirmishes. Africans, be careful what you with for with these chinese -- they are far more ruthless than the West. BTW, the US just sent Nigeria 1,000 ventilators; how many has China sent? I'm waiting. They are busy bribing in Kano and stealing gold in osun. They even bring drivers -- how many western drivers do you see in Nigeria. That should let you know someone is planning to move in.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:


Btw.... Our western brothers are calling it a witch-hunt...telling nigerian govt to support him. But when the US accused Allen Onyema of financial fraud & money laundering. They called him a fraudster , told him to go & prove himself in the court.

SIRTee15:


China is an advanced economy with the largest manufacturing capacity in the world....
They insist on being called developing economy because of the trading benefits....
They lead USA in many new fields of technology including supercomputers, industrial robotics and artificial intelligence....
China spends more on research and development when calculated by PPP....
China top tier cities are far ahead what any american city looks like....
Chinese govt has money, loads of it and they not afraid to spend.....while USA is broke....
America owes 23 trillion dollars in debt and they have no intention to pay back...while China has 4 trillion dollars in reserve.....
American saving grace is petrodollar.....thats the only thing keeping them from bankrupcy....

The future is the China, 21st century is chinese....
Provided they promote trade and investment, and avoid being aggressive.....
Western nations will really have to work twice as hard and be extremely disciplined to reverse the above.....


Now to africa....no nation cares about us...
They are all here to exploit us and keep us weak....

But I'll prefer we deal with china than western nations....
White people don't understand us and don't want to....
They keep insisting we embrace their system as a gateway to prosperity.....
If all u learn from western nation is democratic values n freedom....u are doomed for life.....
China learnt other things but not the above....
We should learn from China.....

gaetano:


https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-05-24/u-s-treasury-urges-independent-investigation-into-afdb-head?__twitter_impression=true

omonnakoda:

Nigeria is the biggest shareholder.

Hmm
Giving contracts to acquiantaces
Appointing relatives

That would never happen in America

France and America are not happy
https://www.theafricareport.com/26297/afdbs-latest-controversy-string-of-accusations-against-its-president-akinwumi-adesina/

nextstep:
This is bullshit. I'm not from SW but this man has so far been a shining example of good leadership.

I am more willing to believe this is a smear campaign that the US is propagating because he doesn't bend to their will, and Bubu is supporting because Adesina is not from North Central. I certainly hope he is not guilty of what he's being accused of, brought down by two men (Trump and Buhari) whose administrations are star examples of nepotism and favoritism.

Alex9999:


Please don't . I don't see much to gain from your plain-vanilla naivete. There's nothing to read. While their streets might look developed to an African, the country is still a middle income country -- with massive amounts of poor people, and minimal social safety nets. You read more articles. I can furnish you with them. As for international basket of currencies, Yuan is a junior member -- Euro, Yen come before it. It has to surpass those before taking aim at the dollar. Plus do you think central bankers trust the chinese closed system. They've been peddling currency swaps for years, even their neighbor India (that should be most interested) is not buying it; instead they are moving troops to the border readying for skirmishes. Africans, be careful what you with for with these chinese -- they are far more ruthless than the West. BTW, the US just sent Nigeria 1,000 ventilators; how many has China sent? I'm waiting. They are busy bribing in Kano and stealing gold in osun. They even bring drivers -- how many western drivers do you see in Nigeria. That should let you know someone is planning to move in.

Olominira:


The western report on China is not accurate. What I learned about China southWest region was terrible until I had the opportunity of visiting Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hangzhou. I also visited Beijing. You See, China is way too ahead of USA in many areas. I'm talking about technology, and this was 4yrs ago. I didnt see any evidence of large scale poverty, because I was opportuned to travel by train from Shanghai to Beijing. Do not believe report of poverty in China. Shenzhen is really amazing, not too far from Hong Kong. You'd think you're in Tokyo

Alex9999:


I don't have to believe the Western report on China. Again, answer this question, why are Chinese graduates flooding the West and starting families there? The West is not doing that, no? How many Western drivers do you see in Africa? How many westerners do you see selling chicken? Well being is not measured in infrastructure; it is measured in well-being and social safety nets. China is not there yet. They admit it too. Please read the South China Morning Post & Global times. China is still catching up.

SIRTee15:


List of nigerians in afdb promoted to senior position or executive directors by adesina....
Wale Shonibare
Vincent Nmehielle
Chinelo Anohu
Chukwuma okonkwo

Now let me hear what u have to say now....
Fvcking mo.ron

frog12:
Alex9999, you are good, so I will answer the question.

It's mindset. The average Chinese mindset thinks they are and always inferior to the West. because they are greedy objectives.

Olominira:

Thanks for answering, however I have a chinese friend over here, they like white skin so much. She said some of her friends use cream. China is technologically advanced nation and well developed when it comes to infrastructure. In fact, US can never dream of having anything close to HALF of their rail system in 30yrs.

Olominira:

Thanks for answering, however I have a chinese friend over here, they like white skin so much. She said some of her friends use cream. China is technologically advanced nation and well developed when it comes to infrastructure. In fact, US can never dream of having anything close to HALF of their rail system in 30yrs.

frog12:
because of the mindset, thats why they are copying and emulating the West.

frog12:
Alex9999, you are good, so I will answer the question.

It's mindset. The average Chinese mindset thinks they are and always inferior to the West. because they are greedy objectives.

Olominira:

They have passed the copying phase, they're currently innovating. Take a look at Baidu, their search engine, they are leading in AI, Huawei is a leader in quality mobile phones, telecom, 5G, etc, Nio, Tesla wanna be, is making superb electric cars, same with BYD, China had supersonic missiles ahead of US, they currently have world's largest number of warships overtaking US in Dec 2019. They launched more Satellites last year than US+EU combined, they control the 4 biggest banks in the world, their apps Tiktok, wechat, etc are spreading, the list goes on

Yankee101:
They obviously don't like that he is doing well

Trump appointed his daughter and son in law into positions with above cabinet level powers (Kushner practically runs the government), where has Mnuchin criticized Trump for one day?


Your days are nunbered in office. If you like refuse Adesina, the most effective AFDB head ever, in November you'll all be voted out


Azzwholes.

gaetano:


https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-05-24/u-s-treasury-urges-independent-investigation-into-afdb-head?__twitter_impression=true

OFFICIAL336:

The most effective AfDB head ever?

What does these yorubas smoke sometimes?

Olominira:


This list is too much, but let add, they recently launched Hengmeng or in English Harmony to battle Google Android. This is why people like us would always see Trump as a low IQ fellow. He made a terrible mistake with Huawei. Anytime Chinese phone manufacturers start using Harmony OS, it's the beginning of end of Android. All chinese phone makers are stake holders in Harmony OS

Alex9999:


This is wishful thinking. You keep looking at it from the African POV (infrastructure this, biggest that). You forget it's the people that matter. Until westerners start relocating to China, then China will still remain behind. You're talking phone this, bank that. As they should; they have numbers on their side. You say Baidu: when was the last time you searched on Baidu. You're typing in English; have you started learning Mandarin? It's not biggest this; biggest that to lead. It's cultural; China does not have that. China is all Chinese; the West is everybody. No one group can win everybody; let that sink. If you're clever and from the biggest jungle in Africa, you can make it in the West. You cannot say the same for China. That, my brother, is leadership. The Chinese people do not live a better life than the West. By West, I include Europe and Australia. Even when push comes to shove, Russia is West. China's real competition is India. Watch manufacturing shift to India. To lead, you must create a good life for your people first, not creating drivers and chicken sellers on other continent. Let me know when you start using Baidu.

frog12:
its not leadership. just versatile system. the chinese system allowed them to handle the virus better than the west. chicken sellers you say? and what do you have in nigeria? gutter sellers? human sellers

omonnakoda:

They complain there are too many Nigerians . His tenure ends this year and is due for renewal.

America is saying Africans cannot manage their own affairs ?
They don't like the findings so a new investigation should take place to find as they wish?

omonnakoda:

I agree but what authority does America have to call for this?

I believe this is to influence the choice of successor as he is up for renewal.

I know an IT contrac was issued to a Russian firm and also a French company ALSTOM was sanctioned.
So we must be mindful of context

It is a similar strategy to what we see with the disinformation against the Chinese with coronavirus

Just throw innuendos about.

The question is

What exactly is he alleged to have done

Just one thing exactly

seunmsg:


The investigation by the ethics committee was ordered by the board. Every organization has its internal process of investigating such issues. If the ethics committee of the bank find him clean, so be it. Why is the US government interested in finding him guilty at all cost?

Alex9999:


I agree that it's versatile (for virus only) -- but we rarely have these viruses. Also remember the South Korean & HK system handled it as well, and those are free systems. The system also lies a lot. Remember, they were muzzling doctors trying to alert the world. Is that the system we want? I say we already have that.

I don't understand the "sellers" part, but I was alluding to Chinese leaving their country to go do low-skill work elsewhere. Westerners don't do that.

ajailer:
Mnuchin is a criminal that won't allow Trump's tax return to be exposed now wants to put his dirty nose into an African affair.

No matter whether Adeshina is guilty or not, this is an African affair and outsiders are not needed for poke nosing.