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I respectfully disagree Dr. The @AfDB_Group crisis is not about Nigeria. It IS indeed about Adesina & his development approach to Africa, irrespective of where it's coming from. It's also about fight for economic control & dependency of Africa between USA & China. I'll explain.
During his confirmation screening at US Congress for the AfDB job, Stephen Dowd, AfDB's Executive Director & US Board representative made it clear that his mandate was to go expand & improve US trade interests in Africa, through AfDB, being a major investments channel in Africa..
In his words "I would lead the effort to leverage US contribution to AfDB in order to ensure that its finance efforts are used to the best benefit for Africa, that they are consistent with U.S. foreign policy interests there, & that US taxpayers get a good return for their money”
I have seen many takes on the @AfDB_Group crisis since my thread yesterday and I’m disappointed that many do not understand how global politics work. Akin Adesina is being made a sacrificial lamb for US interests. And as a Nigerian, #IstandWithAdesina. Let me tell you why. Thread 
The US never supported Akin Adesina for the job initially in 2015 & opted for another candidate instead. Part of the reasons was bcos of Akin Adesina’s inward focused approach to Agriculture since Minister in Nigeria, invariably reducing America’s imports
Eg, US was never happy with his cassava policy in Nigeria that targeted reducing the $4.2bn wheat import bill, a huge chunk from US. So USA has always seen him as a threat to western trade interest in Africa. He has remained against an import dependent Africa #IstandWithAdesina
