In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) said that the enormity of his current responsibility would not allow him to run in the pre-election. sidentielle of 2023 in Nigeria.

The President of the African Development Bank has declined calls for him to run in Nigeria's 2023 presidential election. He noted that he remains fully committed and dedicated to the mission that Nigeria, Africa and all non-African shareholders of the African Development Bank have entrusted to him for Africa's development. According to the report, the coalition includes the Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in the diaspora, the 'One Nigeria Group,' the Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, women's groups, farmers and other civil society groups.