Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is not running for the office of the president of Nigeria.
There have been calls for Adesina to join the presidential race ahead of the 2023 elections.
Some groups had reportedly purchased and submitted the nomination form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on behalf of Adesina.
But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the AfDB president said he is not running for president.
He said he was very touched by all who had gone to a great extent with such huge sacrifices of their own volition, to consider him worthy to be proposed for potential consideration.
He however said while he was deeply honoured for the incredible goodwill, his current responsibilities would not allow him to accept to be considered.
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