Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, was on Saturday honoured by King Mswati III of Swaziland during a traditional ceremony.
Adesina, Nigeria’s former Agriculture Minister, is seeking a re-election to continue the work that he has started at the AfDB that saw him winning the $250,000 World Food Prize in 2017 for his role in expanding food production in Nigeria over the years.
Adesina however in a tweet express his gratitude to king Mswati III of Eswatini;
His tweet read:
The King Mswati III of Eswatini gave me the greatest honor ever: to be dressed like the King and jointly m’arch during the traditional royal Reed dance event. Thank you Your Majesty.
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