Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 general election, Peter Obi, has described as deserving and highly rewarding the recent appointment of a former World Bank Managing Director, and former Minister of Finance of Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a member of the South African Economic Advisory Council.
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance and Chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, has urged the Federal Government to improve on immunisation coverage.
The Umu Obi Obahai Royal Family levelled the accusation in a statement by Patrick Okonjo, a lawyer, on Sunday
Okonjo was a professor of mathematics, university administrator, international consultant and traditional ruler.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday, commiserated with the Okonjo family and Ogwashi-Uku community on the death of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Prof. Chukuka Okonjo.
He spoke shortly after the news of the death of the 91-year-old Prof. Okonjo was announced by her daughter and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Group’s Vice President, Human Resources, said in a statement the Nigerian passed away on Friday at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, DC
The World Bank has announced the death of Haruna Mohammed, Executive Director for Nigeria, Angola, and South Africa.
A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the three tiers of government in Nigeria to pay serious attention to the development of the rural communities in the country.
This was contained in a letter of reinstatement with reference no. FMIC/LEG/307/VOL.1/122 addressed to Shuaib and signed by the Director of Human Resources Management, S.U. Ewa, on behalf of the Minister of Information and Culture
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abukakar, has said he is delighted at the news of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment to the board of Twitter.
The former Minister in her book, titled: “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines,” had said: “By the time we presented budget on December 16, 2014, the oil prices has further fallen down to $58 per barrel. We were prepared and knew we had to trigger the additional expenditure and revenue measure in 2015 to make the budget work. This would be tough, given that we had entered election year.
Okonjo-Iwella made the shocking revelation known in her new book: “Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines”
The signing ceremony, which happened on the margins of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank on Thursday in Busan, Korea, comes on the heels of the Bank President Akinwumi Adesina’s pledge to support for the work of African Risk Capacity in the region, calling for more stakeholders to join the ARC to ensure the availability of insurance against natural disaster risks.
The initiative, a specialised agency of the African Union, was designed to provide current responses to climate-related food security emergencies.
Others also invited are: Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Okonjo-Iweala, who was also a Coordinating Minister of Nigeria’s economy during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, in a statement on Thursday urged the public to be wary of the contents, saying they were politically motivated.
From all the court proceedings so far, none of the allegations against you is treasonable, while the allegations of misappropriation of funds can only be proven in the court on whether the expenditures went through the due process of official authorisations
In his new book: “An encounter with the Spymaster,” released to the public in Abuja on Tuesday, Shuaib revealed how he was prematurely retired from the automatic job offered him by the Federal Government for meritorious service
In a statement by her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, on Tuesday, Iweala said she is busy with her international duties and will not abandon that for anything else