Liberia’s former President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has just won the $5 million Mo Ibrahim Prize for African Leadership.

The prize celebrates African leaders that have governed well, raised living standards and then left office without acrimony.

She becomes the first woman to win the prize and 5th person overall.

See the list of previous winners next:
Winners of Mo Ibrahim Prize:

2007: Mozambique’s former President Joaquim Chissano
2008: Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae
2009: No award given
2010: No award given
2011: Cape Verde’s former President Pedro Verona Pires
2012: No award given
2013: No award given
2014: Namibia’s former President Hifikipunye Pohamba
2015: No award given
2016: No award given

source: http://www.opinions.ng/ellen-johnson-sirleaf-wins-5-million-mo-ibrahim-prize-african-leadership/

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Congratulations

I wonder who she is

Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Retirement package.

WOW

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Ibrahim prolly doesn't like southerns lmao.

Great woman. Not that ye.ye man ........ Cattle rearer

Why was Goodluck Jonathan not given this award

Nice one...lemme go and check who is Mo Ibrahim sef


Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman. He worked for several telecommunications companies, before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries.
Born: 3 May 1946 (age 71), Sudan
Net worth: 1.18 billion USD (2018) Forbes

So a Sudanese is this rich

I hope one day a Nigerian president will get it

Nigeria never win one

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Nigerian leaders are good at raising standards of fraud and corruption.. "stealing is not corruption" this statement was made by a Nigerian leader

N1,875,000,000 (One Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira)

Abeg how I go fit transfer the money that is in my mind to my bank account?

LifeCoachAndre:
Why was Goodluck Jonathan not given this award

Still better than your Cowahri wey curse full him head.

I wonder when jubril from Sudan will win award

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Google it .

Why not the so called giant of Africa (Nigeria) be among. Nigerians which way?

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

or why buhari didn't win

DWJOBScom:
I hope one day a Nigerian president will get it

Mo Ibrahim cannot give money to people richer than he is.

Name any Nigerian current governor that's worth less than $30M
Name any current Nigerian senator that's worth less than $5m
Name any current Nigerian local government chairman that's worth less than $1m
Name any Buhari's close associate worth less than $10m
Any Current minister worth less than $20m
Any of Buhari's kid worth less than $2m
...just in case you're wondering why we live in a sh*thole.

plz Is Chad banned from everything,because I've never seen pictures of their country or heard any news from them, don't they have celebrities,who even knows the name of their capital nor president,just from a curious nigga

God what a price

Madam sirleaf u re here receiving award while ur status, street and prestige have ben demoralized by angry youth

And dia hero of democracy dint win....hehehehe.

Flamezzz:

Still better than your Cowahri wey curse full him head.

True. Jonathan should have won the 2015 edition

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Sarcasm

Mynd44:
Okay, I will like to know why GEJ didnt win this.

Why didn't Bubu win it

This is annoying though. While I am not in any way downplaying how smart Mama Sirleaf was (and is) as a leader, she really doesn't deserve the award. Liberia is a mess. For some time now, it has always been one of the poorest of the poor countries in Africa. Of course, Mama was able to manage the country well enough to avoid devastating internal crisis. However, she did almost nothing to raise the living standards. You don't want to be poor in Liberia. Corruption is also endemic there.

If Mama can win this, I see no reason why GEJ should not have. Nonetheless, congrats to her.