Over 3,216 Nigerians Sign Petition Asking
Varsity to Withdraw Okonji-Iweala’s
Doctorate

As at press time on Friday, about 3,216
persons had signed a petition asking Yale
University to withdraw the honorary doctorate
degree awarded to Nigeria’s Coordinating
Minister of the Economy and Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Okonjo-Iweala had been awarded a Doctorate
of Humane Letters on Monday, May 18, 2015
during Yale’s Commencement ceremony in New
Haven, Connecticut, alongside eight others.
The petition, which is being hosted on
change.org , the world’s largest petition
platform, was started by a Nigerian resident in
the United States, one Sunday Iwalaiye.
When THISDAY visited the web page, it was
discovered that 1,784 more petitions were
needed to reach 5,000, which will probably
prompt the organisation to consider the
petition worthy of consideration.
When the petitioner kicked off the movement,
the signatures had trickled in by the seconds
but they have since leaped to over 3,000, with
more probably on the way.
Tagged “Yale University gave its prestigious
honorary doctorate degree to an undeserving
Nigerian,” the petition reads in part: “There is
no tangible evidence of any economic
development in Nigeria under the leadership of
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (sic) in all reality.
“Nigeria’s economy is still an oil-dependent
economy that is debt and borrowing ridden as
well as 100% consuming and importing in
nature.”

(curled from the internet)

Issorait.. the lord is her strength