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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Postby Richard Akindele » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:13 pm

"When I became finance minister they called me Okonjo-Wahala – or Trouble Woman," says Nigeria's former finance and foreign minister, now a managing director of the World Bank.

"It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve. If you get in my way, you get kicked."

Plenty of people have been: corrupt politicians, oil barons who siphon off profits, internet scammers who gave Nigeria a terrible image.

Gordon Brown has called her a "brilliant reformer"; Okonjo-Iweala, now 56, negotiated a deal which slashed Nigeria's debt, introduced financial transparency and tripled the growth rate.
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Postby Richard Akindele » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:14 pm

Ngozi for president!

I am impressed by Goodluck Jonathan's decision to return Mrs Okonjo-Iweala to her former Cabinet position.

This woman is a fighter.

Our country is decayed to the core. We need people like this to help fix it.
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