President Tinubu Congratulates Mauritanian President On Tah’s Election As AfDB President

Thursday May 29, 2025|

President Bola Tinubu has extended warm congratulations to President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani of Mauritania on the election of Dr Sidi Ould Tah as the ninth President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.

Speaking from Lagos in a telephone call with his Mauritanian counterpart on Thursday, May 29, Tinubu commended the transparent and credible process that produced Dr Tah at the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

This was detailed in a Thursday statement, released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy) on May 29, 2025.

“Dr Tah’s election is a testament to the robust democratic process within the AfDB, and I believe his wealth of experience, especially as Mauritania’s former Finance Minister and Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), will be invaluable in steering the Bank towards greater heights,” Tinubu said.

Tah will succeed Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, whose decade-long tenure concludes in September.