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President Adama Barrow unveiled a plaque on Wednesday formally designating the faculty as the Dr Akinwumi Adesina School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

by Agency Report


The University of Gambia has renamed its School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences after the former President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina.

Mr Adesina was honoured in recognition of his contributions to agriculture and food security in Africa.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Victor Oladokun and made available to journalists on Thursday in Lagos.

President Adama Barrow unveiled a plaque on Wednesday formally designating the faculty as the Dr Akinwumi Adesina School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the honour celebrates Mr Adesina’s leadership during his tenure as AfDB President from 2015 to 2025, when the bank implemented wide-ranging reforms that advanced economic development across the continent.

Speaking at the unveiling, Mr Barrow said the renaming reflected The Gambia’s appreciation of Mr Adesina’s “visionary leadership and lasting contributions to Africa’s agricultural transformation.”

Under Mr Adesina’s leadership, the AfDB rolled out the High 5s development agenda, which includes Light Up and Power Africa, Feed Africa, Integrate Africa, Industrialise Africa and Improve the Quality of Life of Africans.

This, according to bank data, impacted more than 535 million people.

During the same period, the Bank’s capital base grew from $93 billion to $318 billion, the highest in its history, while the institution retained its AAA credit rating and won several global awards.

NAN reports that Mr Adesina also spearheaded the Feed Africa Strategy, which provided food security for more than 104 million people and strengthened agricultural productivity across the continent.

In The Gambia, the AfDB under Mr Adesina financed the Senegambia Bridge, a landmark project that has significantly reduced travel time between The Gambia and Senegal and boosted trade and regional integration.

The decision to rename the faculty was conveyed in a letter dated 27 November 2025, by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Prof. Pierre Gomez.

“Your tenure as President of the African Development Bank has been transformative, driving economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development across Africa,” Mr Gomez said.

He added that Mr Adesina’s leadership in launching the Feed Africa Strategy and the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative had “revolutionised agricultural productivity and food security.”

The university stated that the gesture was intended to inspire students to emulate Mr Adesina’s vision, determination, and commitment to Africa’s development.

In a letter of appreciation to President Barrow, Mr Adesina described the honour as exceptional.

“It is with great humility and deep gratitude that I express my appreciation for the renaming of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in my honour,” he said.

NAN recalls that President Barrow, in 2023, conferred on Adesina The Gambia’s highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic, in recognition of his contributions to the country and Africa.

(NAN)

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Dem say make this guy or Osinbanjo president, dem say no, na Tinubu dem want to represent SW.
See am now

Nice one , well deserved .Yea

Mrchippychappy:
Dem say make this guy or Osinbanjo president, dem say no, na Tinubu dem want to represent SW.
See am now

If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

Beautiful! These are men leaving their footsteps in the sand of time

There is dignity in intelligent work. This baba is going to higher places.

Why is BAT not using this guy has one of his ministers

Islie:
President Adama Barrow unveiled a plaque on Wednesday formally designating the faculty as the Dr Akinwumi Adesina School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/847117-university-of-gambia-renames-faculty-after-adesina.html

Akinwunmi Adeshina will one day rule Nigeria

Mrchippychappy:
Dem say make this guy or Osinbanjo president, dem say no, na Tinubu dem want to represent SW.
See am now

Small pikin talk..

A farmer planted seed and you expect another person to come harvest ham?

The names you mention can still become president. They should work and build connections. Nobody will come knock on your door to come become president

Tinubu planted hin seed and harvested his crops..

Those ones too can start planting their seed.

Realmssss:
Akinwunmi Adeshina will one day rule Nigeria

And most of you will call him evil within five months

When economists run a country, they take hard decisions. Not political decisions.

Ariwo ko ni Music.

Where are the chest beaters that developed Europe, America and Asia but can’t develop their ancestral home?

Well deserved with no objection

Islie:
President Adama Barrow unveiled a plaque on Wednesday formally designating the faculty as the Dr Akinwumi Adesina School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/847117-university-of-gambia-renames-faculty-after-adesina.html

One of the Yorubas that PDP and Jonathan brought into limelight and projected further onto the continental and global stage after serving his fatherland as minister.

Nevertheless, propagandists and APC hypocrites successfully demonised PDP and Jonathan as discriminating against us despite the fact that they were the ones who sold us out the number 4 position in Nigeria to Fulanis 15 years ago.

anonimi:
How we foiled Jonathan’s effort to make Mulika Adeola Speaker, Akande reveals

AS president in 2011, Goodluck Jonathan did all he could to ensure South West grabbed the country’s number four seat, including lobbying then opposition leaders from the zone, to no avail. The North West eventually grabbed the seat, supported by South West leaders in opposition to then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Former Governor of Osun State and now statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, made this revelation in his autobiography, “My Participations” which is currently dominating political and national dis- course.

Aminu Tambuwal, now Sokoto State governor, won the seat, against the preferred pick of his party, Mrs Mulikat Adeola Akande, from the South-West. Defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, then a fledging opposition, which had Akande and his soulmate, former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as front- line leaders, openly asked its elected members of the House of Representatives, mostly from the South-West, to work against their region and back Tambuwal from North-West.

The opposition party’s support carried Tambuwal through the contest against Akande, then ruling party’s favourite for the speakership seat.

In his book, Chief Akande revealed that former president then as incumbent, personally reached out to Tinubu, who is now believed to be nursing presidential aspiration in 2023 and himself, but couldn’t convince them.

He wrote, “President Jonathan, immediately after the meeting (with political parties), called Bola Tinubu aside into a lobby to broach the matter of ACN support for a choice of who would become the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“That same day, President Jonathan talked to me on phone about the same matter. He disclosed that PDP had zoned the position to the South-West but that only one Muraina and another Mulika won elections on PDP ticket from the zone into the House of Representatives.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-we-foiled-jonathans-effort-to-make-mulika-adeola-speaker-akande-reveals/

How can Osibanjo or Akinwunmi fulfill the Journey of a cursed con3? D 2 above mentioned politicians are progressive not d other way round.

Likes of Adesina will perform excellently abroad and perform woefully here.

PulaPower:
Small pikin talk..

A farmer planted seed and you expect another person to come harvest ham?

The names you mention can still become president. They should work and build connections. Nobody will come knock on your door to come become president

Tinubu planted hin seed and harvested his crops..

Those ones too can start planting their seed.

Oya dey enjoy the harvest dey go now.

Una never serious yet

nairalanda1:
If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

This is an intelligent person
Kindly do listen to him or her (depending on the choice of pronoun)
Quite an interesting and honest read.

He is an achiever.

Nigeria to the world...

Na this kind person Yoruba people should present to us as a president, not a rotten vegetable. A certificate forger, electoral manipulator, age forger, he even forge his identity. He forge everything including his pictures 😔

PulaPower:
Small pikin talk..

A farmer planted seed and you expect another person to come harvest ham?

The names you mention can still become president. They should work and build connections. Nobody will come knock on your door to come become president

Tinubu planted hin seed and harvested his crops..

Those ones too can start planting their seed.

Why are you talking like a kidooo

If itel you say most Nigeria politians Nokia about the citizens you go ask me how I Tecno...

nairalanda1:
If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

Everything you mentioned has been done by Tinubu already so what is your point?

By the way the names you mentioned here can never become president in Nigeria because they will not bribe politicians with dollar at primaries and they will not rig elections or inflate contract or silence opposition.

They are way ahead of the rubbish we are practicing here in the name of politics

Iamzik:
Everything you mentioned has been done by Tinubu already so what is your point?

By the way the names you mentioned here can never become president in Nigeria because they will not bribe politicians with dollar at primaries and they will not rig elections or inflate contract or silence opposition.

They are way ahead of the rubbish we are practicing here in the name of politics

Na u get time to answer these enablers of evil.

I like brilliant people like you. Incisive understanding of the issues. Not sentimental BS

nairalanda1:
If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

Anguldi:
Likes of Adesina will perform excellently abroad and perform woefully here.

The system groom them for that purpose..

Maybe you need to go and listen to Adeshina's speach before leaving office,one of the things he harped on,was that Africa pays the highest implicit tax rate in the world(85%) and need not to tax their people further ,rather improve Government efficiency.

nairalanda1:
If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

nairalanda1:
If they appointed Adesina as president, he would do more than remove subsides on petrol, even subsidies on electiricty would go AND there would be massive cuts in the civil service and an even wider ranging tax law , more wide ranging than tinubu's own, and also cashless policy would be ruthlessly ensured. And nothing like cheap universites again...and absolute meritrocracy would be introduced...and it won't just be hausas affected by the way.

Something you should realize about Adeshina and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is that they are proper economists, not politicans. And proper economists take hard decisions most people don't like. If GEJ had followed Adeshina, NOI and SLS to the letter in 2012, by now you would be calling them wicked and evil people.

Removing the subsidy is not the issue but what do have on ground to cushion the effect? Have you ever asked yourself what the money that was realised for subsidy removal has been used for or how does the removal benefit common man or affected our economy? These are simple question to ask

Iamzik:
Everything you mentioned has been done by Tinubu already so what is your point?

By the way the names you mentioned here can never become president in Nigeria because they will not bribe politicians with dollar at primaries and they will not rig elections or inflate contract or silence opposition.

They are way ahead of the rubbish we are practicing here in the name of politics

Tinubu has made the civil service meritocratic, and removed all subsides on electricity?

Really?

yusufobinna1:
Nice one , well deserved .Yea

Nigerians can see how Faculty can be renamed because of someone’s contribution in that field.

In Nigeria, once you are a top politician, expect public infrastructures to be renamed after you, whether related to your works or not .