The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) is now
shopping for the replacement of its current president, Dr. Kanayo Nwanze whose
second tenure will end om March 31, 2017, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The President of IFAD, NaijaAgroNet gathered is appointed for four
years with a two-term limit. NaijaAgroNet reports that in accordance with the
Agreement Establishing IFAD, the Governing Council of IFAD will appoint
the President at its forthcoming annual meeting on 14-15 February 2017. The
appointed President will take office on 1 April 2017.
Under the
direction of IFAD’s governing bodies, the President of IFAD is responsible for
conducting the business of the Fund and for organizing its work. The President
is the chairperson of the Executive Board, whose membership consists of
representatives of IFAD’s Member States.
The Secretary of IFAD Council, Cheryl Morden in a letter
addressed to the Governor, with the subject “Appoint of the President of IFAD,”
and dated September 27, 2016, said “I
have the honour to inform you that, in accordance with article 6, section 8(a)
of the Agreement Establishing IFAD, the appointment of the President of IFAD
will be considered at the fortieth session of the Governing Council, to be held
in Rome on 14 and 15 February 2017. Information on relevant procedures and
modalities for the appointment of the President of IFAD was made available on
20 June and 26 August 2016, and can be found on IFAD’s Member
States Interactive Platform.
NaijaAgroNet recalls that the duties and responsibilities of
the President are mainly set out in IFAD’s basic documents, just as nominations
will be communicated to all Members and the Bureau by the President no later
than 21 December 2016.
For the first time, the call for nominations is accompanied
by a list of questions to which candidates are invited to respond in writing,
bearing in mind that both the responses and the nominations must be received by
the Secretary of IFAD by midnight, 1 December 2016, Rome time.
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