Love44
Re: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Has Resigned
« #79 on: Today at 02:44:28 AM »

All these things that is happening in Nigeria is because of the Northern Nigerian. Have you guys forget that this so called north rule Nigeria for more than 35 years and destroyed everything in the country without no investments. The British gave the power to the north so that the people in Nigeria would live in abject poverty without no constant electricity, water or even boast of good rods. For as long the southern part of Nigeria would continue to be with the north, we will continue to be useless and backward. All these things that is going on especially the southern part of Nigeria is because of the North. First of all i do not have anything in common with the North and i still wonder why the British joined me with this idiots and Baffoons.They North do not want anything to be good in the country because they are illitrate. If they are elected the president of Nigeria in 2007 there will be alot of problem in the country. Abacha that was from the North stole more that 2.4 billion of dollars from the Niger Delta. I hope the Niger Deltan would deal those idiots.

Some fool has arrived the forum.
Love44, tell me something please and back it up with concrete evidence? How has the North contributed to Okonjo-Iweala tribulations? How has Abacha, Babangida, Buhari, Atiku or any other Northerner influence the decision to ridicule her like this? I await your explanation!

Remmzy u r right, it's nt encouraging at all. she felt it would be as fair as she is, bt failin 2 rem dat every part of nija is affected with d stigma of our bad politics. Rem. d stock exchange woman is doing very well because she understands d system, a system we all knw is very bad. Every Politician in Nigeria is a potential criminal, so if u cnt be a criminal better nt to join them.

@Onyegbula

You hit the head on the nail; when you bring nigerians who were trained and are practising their fields abroad to nigeria indeed to africa, the system frustrates them. Okonji - Iweala should have left when she was moved from the finance ministry. In any case at least she still has her head on her body and can return to her family who were never really a part of us. 2007 will be a great year; a lot of intrigues.

Ngozi perhaps did not work her way into the 'kingdom' and she was given appointment in her field. Satan wanted to whip her a$$ to prove to Nigerians that every Nigerian is a potential failure in economic recovery no matter the field of speciality. Ngozi disappointed the SATAN and performed creditably well. She cleansed the Finance Ministry and gave us some hope. All mouths were shouting and praising her and SATAN became uncomfortable. SATAN was determined to score a point and made the moves to destroy her reputation by all means. NGOZI read the handwriting on the wall and gave way.

Just like the friend otokx has said, I thank GOD you still have your precious head on your body. As far as I am concerned, you are the first lady, the mother of the nation or should I say the best president Nigeria never hard.

Your good work can never be forgotten in a hurry. We appreciate you so much even beyond your own imagination. I wish you well in all your future endeavours.

people are so quick to jump to conclusion, no matter what happen or what she did. Only her and her boss know why she is no longer there, so just be happy we have a replacement. Its reality you disobey your boss or don't get along with your boss you will loose your job i don't care if its government or in banking. that is the fact of life.

Odeku:

,,, Its reality you disobey your boss or don't get along with your boss you will loose your job i don't care if its government or in banking. that is the fact of life.

NG disobeyed her Boss and lost her job 

It is also the fact of life that somebody could
seat on the ground and tell a pregnant kite 

hi fellow, what i think is happenign is dat, her service is not really needed. so she decided to resign honourably to face her home front needs. well, i believe she made d right descion. now, her family most especially her husband will now have FULL ATTENTION from her.

i wish her good luck!!!

ono
you will hear from ribadu soon.

idiot

Ribadu has nothing to do with this nonsence. abeg

ono abused me. he should be locked up. ribadu can tie him to fraud. and get him locked up. period.

Dis okonjo -iweala woman is powerful, ohh!!! can u imagine even out of office she is making grown up ppl like o-b-j and ono squabble inconsequentially,

Didn't I say it?

oya now, read for yourselves: http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=54887

how petty and stupid can the president get?

Now he has lost his best hand! What is Nenadi Usman's pedigree besides being Okonjo's assistant for 3 yrs? What does she know about the finance ministry? I am sorry to say this as it may not augur well with the northern members of this forum but the truth is, Nigeria's regression for the last 40yrs must be laid squarely on the doorsteps of the north and federal character. It is on that basis that we have the likes of Nenadi now parading themselves as finance ministers. Look at all ministries headed by northerners, from sports to water resources, everything is a complete disaster. See how one man's show of shame at the NFA caused us so much untold hardship.

I do not state that southerners have faired better, in truth they have also failed miserably but the fact is without the north we would never have had illiterates like obasanjo in power!

Achievements

Okonjo Iweala would ever be remembered for the debt relief she secured for Nigeria. She used her relationship with the shakers and movers of international finance to win their support for debt relief for Nigeria. Negotiating with the creditors was more like being among her peers. Even the approval of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) as the Programme Support Instrument (PSI) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was unprecedented. No other nation had received debt relief without an IMF programme.
Under her administration, Nigeria which did not qualify to enjoy the assistance of the World Bank under the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative was considered to enjoy other windows of concessionary facilities and grants.

High foreign reserve has consistently characterized the nation's macro economy while she was Minister. The last stock, before she left was about $34 billion. Equally, her insistence on saving for the rainy day has yielded fruits as about $25 billion has been saved in the excess crude oil account, as at end of the first half of the year.

The macro-economy has been largely stable with increased foreign exchange inflow which has helped to stabilize the exchange rate of the naira, and even record a marginal firming up of the Naira, against the dollar, at the foreign exchange market.

Okonjo-Iweala Vs Nenadi Usman

They two could be said to have had a cordial working relationship throughout the period, July 2003 to June 21, when Okonjo-Iweala was redeployed. On several occasions, Mrs. Usman simply declined elaborate comments, after Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, had spoken at functions, preferring rather to remain more at the background. She used every opportunity to declare that Okonjo-Iweala was her boss. But one thing she could not hide was that she was learning the ropes of macro economic management fast, may be faster than anyone could have imagined. Responding to journalists questions, soon after her appointment as Minister of Finance, Mrs. Usman said she had no reason, whatsoever, to alter the decisions earlier announced by Dr. Okonjko-Iweala, on various macro- economic policy issues, as according to her, we took the decisions together.

ALL RISE FOR THIS ICON.

I doubt if Nenadi Usman lent anything; she is just a pawn in this political chess game to placate the north for a while.

I dont believe a nenadi usman can command as much respect from the imf and world bank the same way iweala did. if u read todays thisday caption on iwealas resignation you would even realise that usman is already having a battle in her hands, why? a meeting scheduled by imf for economic ministers havent even accorded her invitation yet because they still believe that iweala is in charge

i think the only way to find out if she had learnt anything is to wait and see

not only wait and see, pray for her too.

About time she resigned and threw the dirt in their face. Greedy boot-lickers will try to remain by force or whims and ruin their name in the mud of what has become of Nigeria's politics. I saw it coming anyway, but good to know she didn't take their rubbish - she's got a name that's still respected outside.

it's on ur face that the dirt is thrown

idiot

Usuman is OBJs toilet tissue. OBj cannot shake a notable woman like okonjo iwela, Her prerogatives are far more better than rulling nigeria

look mr idiotsuen,

your name is already idiot but i'll give you a surname fool.

you are mr idiotsuen fool

idiot

Its a shame, its a pity that we have to let Dr. Okonjo go. But with the kind of country we have where the good people are hated, and the area boys are king, the situation is not too surprising. One would have been wondering how she even survived there for 3yrs.

Welcome to the new Mrs. Usman. And as usual, I believe her first major duties will be to find faults in the procedures and process flow of everything and everybody involved in and leading to Nigerias release International Debt club, abi

O-B-J:

look mr idiotsuen,

your name is already idiot but i'll give you a surname fool.

you are mr idiotsuen fool

idiot

oga easy now, we are not suppose to be fighting ourselves concernig this issue rather we should unit to flush out those good for nothing "old shools" RULING us. please i beg of you.

It is unfortunate that Naija lost this woman.  A talented and beneficial addition that could have changed the country even more than she already has. There is something seriously wrong here. In 2006, these are the type of people we should be encouraging to help make changes in that country. I was looking forward to this woman doing more for naija. There is nothing worse than wasted talent, especially when it is much needed.

as i've said before, wat we need in nigeria is a revolution, a bloody one 4 dat mata!

From what i saw in the paper last week,when she was removed as minister of Finance,it was said Obasanjo didn't give her fair hearing to explain what happened during the negotiation of Debt relief,that she collected some commission on the debt relief which Obasanjo just got to know about and moved her to Foreign Ministry.
notwithstanding she's still the best we have around,better than all those 60-70 ministers we have around that are just using Nigeria oil money to build estate and fight for another political office at their age,not quitting for their kids and younger generation.
Atleast This same Obasanjo rejected the report that indicted Bode Goerge,Tony Anenih and other,just because he needs them in PDP,he rejected the reports.
He knew about the problems Adedibu is causing in Oyo state ,all he can say is "Adedibu is a force to reckon with".He "obasanjo" even gave him mopols to guard him from abuja to come and distrupt the Oyo government office then,so such a man can always wrong,i dont expect anything good from him

nigerians and foreigners on this platform we have all spoken well, i don't know that woman but she is wise and she did the best option lets remind ourselves that we have foolish people in this country doing foolish things and we must all pray hard may God help us all , I beg Ribadu and Co. learn from her, the Woman has done well as for The new finance minister please don't allow your name to be tamed and put to the mud

FRESH facts emerged yesterday on why the former Foreign Affairs Minister, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala quit the cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo less than two months after her redeployment to the Finance Ministry

A competent source close to the former minister and head of the Administration's Economic Team last night said Mrs. Okonjo-iweala was tired of the political intrigues in the presidency following her rising profile after the debt relief successfully negotiated for the country.

According to the source, "her resignation was as a result of combination of factors. The political intrigues in the presidency in recent times had become unbearable for her. There were fears that she might venture into politics because of pressure from certain quarters that she should give presidency a shot in 2007 and many politicians have been feeling jittery about it and they are very desperate. So, they did everything to make the cabinet uncomfortable for her. They did not want to take chances at all."

Asked if the former vice president of the World Bank has a political ambition, the source said: "The truth is that she has not told anybody that she would venture into politics. But you can never tell. For a black woman to become a vice president of the World Bank needs more than technical competence; it has to do with a little of politics. And if you see the rate at which people have been putting pressure on her to contest in 2007, you will not rule out anything."

The sources cited the trip of the former minister to Delta State two weeks ago during which many declared openly that she should go into politics. But the minister, according to the source, has not told anybody that she would succumb to pressure.

The source continued: "Besides, you can not rule out the effects of the recent event. Naturally she had no problems with the fact that she was removed as the head of the economic team. But the timing was wrong. How would you explain this: She was in London to negotiate a debt relief for Nigeria only to be told by the foreign media that she had been removed from the office. But she is a woman who loves the country and would still want all she laboured for to last."

I think we have not heard the last concerning this issue yet

Obj's a vindictive sadist.Nigerians rejected his third term bid and now he's throwing everybody out.Right now he cares more what happens in otta than what happens at Aso rock.
Okonjo did brilliant.But I wouldn't want her in politics, especially the Nigerian kind.

@idiotsuen
funny name.I like it though.

[YES I LIKE THE RESIGNATION OF THAT WOMAN,
i just want her come come and contest for 2007 presidential race. she has every quolity to govern this country.she is a woman of respect.color=#770077][/color]