ABIDJAN, June 10 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank's
vice president for agriculture, human and social development,
Jennifer Blanke, will step down from her post next month, the
bank said on Wednesday.
A statement quoted Blanke, who joined the bank in 2017, as
saying she was leaving "purely for family reasons to rejoin my
family in Switzerland", amid media speculation she planned to
resign in response to controversy surrounding bank president
Akinwumi Adesina.
Adesina was accused earlier this year of abuse of office by
a bank whistleblower. An internal investigation cleared him of
improper conduct, but the bank's board said last week it had
authorised an independent review of the report following
pressure by the United States for a new probe.