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schema:articleBody	The US Department of the Treasury has called on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to carry out an independent probe into alleged ethics breaches by its president, Akinwumi Adesina. In a letter obtained by AFP on Monday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed "deep reservations" about the outcome of an internal inquiry clearing Adesina, and urged the appointment of an independent outside investigator. The letter, dated May 22, was sent to the chair of the AfDB's board, Ivorian Planning and Development Minister Niale Kaba. Adesina is seeking a second five-year term at the helm of the AfDB, one of the world's five largest multilateral development banks. Whistleblowers last month submitted a 15-page report to bank governors detailing alleged embezzlement, preferential treatment for fellow Nigerians in senior appointments and the promotion of people suspected or convicted of fraud and corruption. The bank's ethics committee totally exonerated Adesina, saying the complaint "rested on no objective, solid facts". Adesina himself has dismissed the allegations as "spurious and unfounded" and "blatantly false." A former Nigerian agriculture minister, Adesina, 60, is the only candidate in an election which was set for late May but which has been postponed to August because of the coronavirus pandemic. He has received the backing of the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In October 2019, the AfDB raised $115 billion (105 billion euros) in fresh capital, an operation deemed a personal success for Adesina. The bank had been shaken by a series of high-level departures soon after his arrival, with complaints of Adesina's "authoritarian" leadership style. Adesina is the first Nigerian president of the AfDB, in which Nigeria is the top stakeholder with nine percent. Mnuchin's letter came after the whistleblowers called for an independent inquiry after their complaint gained no traction. The internal probe was tainted by "irregularities and manipulations", a group of anonymous "concerned staff members of the AfDB" said in a letter to bank governors. The AfDB has 80 state shareholders, 54 of which are African. The others are from the Americas, Asia and Europe. de/pgf/etr/ri/pma
schema:headline	US urges probe into alleged ethics breach by African Development Bank
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