COVID-19: 28-40 Million Africans to Fall Into Extreme Poverty -30 Million Others to Lose Their Jobs-Femi Adesina
Daily Rendezvous African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina’s Speech at the Federal Inland Revenue Service Tax Dialogue. Your Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Your Excellencies, Governors, Excellencies, Ambassadors Honorable Ministers Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to wish you Mr. President and all of Nigeria a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I am delighted to address you today, as President of the African Development Bank – and as a Nigerian. I thank you Mr. President for your incredible leadership, tenacity and resolute support behind my re-election as President of the African Development Bank for a second term. I am proud to be a Nigerian, any day, anytime and anywhere. Thank you Mr. President for inviting me to this First National Tax Dialogue organized by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). I congratulate you on this Dialo...