{"id":21878,"date":"2020-04-13T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=21878"},"modified":"2020-04-13T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:52:00","slug":"adesina-afdbs-boss-denies-flays-internal-wrangling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/adesina-afdbs-boss-denies-flays-internal-wrangling\/","title":{"rendered":"Adesina, AfDB\u2019s boss denies flays internal wrangling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By East Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, the outgoing President of African Development Bank (AfDB), has described as &#8220;spurious and unfounded\u2019\u2019 allegations by emanating from dissenting staff.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The second term seeking President is battling internal wrangles following some employees\u2019 allegations of multiple abuses and breaches of the bank\u2019s code of ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Adesina said he would not be distracted from discharging his mandate of leading the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will stay calm and resolute. I will not be distracted. No amount of lies can ever cover up the truth. Soon the truth will come out,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>However, a communication by a group of concerned staff members has exposed deeply-rooted internal wrangles ignited by discontent with Dr Adesina\u2019s leadership style that they contend is characterised by disregard of the bank\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In the communication addressed to the bank\u2019s governors, the staff accuse Dr Adesina of breaching the bank\u2019s code of conduct, unethical conduct, private gain, impediment to efficiency, preferential treatment, adversely affecting confidence in the integrity of the bank and involvement in political activity.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur objective is to trigger investigations that will confirm or infirm these alleged cases of breach by the president of the code of conduct and so encourage ethical action and discourage or prevent fraud, corruption or misconduct and increase accountability,\u201d says the communication.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The staff accuse Dr Adesina of lack of respect of internal rules and regulations in recruitment and went ahead to highlight numerous cases of nepotism and favourism.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to the staff, although they filed the complaints in January to the bank\u2019s ethics and audit committee in line with its whistle-blowing policy, no action was taken.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/news\/ea\/AfDB-boss-faces-dissent-ahead-of-reelection-bid\/4552908-5520794-15ebkewz\/index.html\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By East Africa Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, the outgoing President of African Development Bank (AfDB), has described as &#8220;spurious and unfounded\u2019\u2019 allegations by emanating from dissenting staff. 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