Nigerian Finance Minister confers with Kufuor over AfDB

Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Nigerian Finance Minister, on Monday appealed to ECOWAS Chairman, President John Agyekum Kufuor to assist in finding solution to the re-location of the Headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) due to the crisis in Cote D'Ivoire.

He also asked President Kufuor to endeavour to bring peace to that country to create a congenial atmosphere for the bank to operate.

Mallam Ciroma, who is in Ghana to attend the AfDB Governors Consultative Meeting, made the appeal when he paid a courtesy call on President Kufuor at the Castle, Osu.

President Kufuor said ECOWAS was aware of the tremendous contributions the bank had made in the socio-economic development on the continent and that the Sub-Regional Organisation would endeavour to ensure that peace and stability was maintained in Cote D'Ivoire.