Browsing: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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.

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.

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.