ayodeji752: " i am working WITH Goodluck Jonathan" madam u are rude. D rite way of saying it is " i am working FOR Goodluck Jonathan" cos u are working for him

gen2briz:


How many members of your family don invest in this.?

One_Naira:

I don't live in Nigeria so anything political about the nation does not impact me but NOI have contributed to the development of my state. Thanks to her, the nation you live in paid off most of its debt. It was she that suggested to publish each state's monthly financial allocation from the federal government in an effort to increase transparency of government. It was she that suggested to remove the fuel subsidy scam that you all threw a temper tantrum over until some Hausa guy gave one a breakdown of how beneficial the suggestion was. She equally suggested a budget that would improve the unemployment rate of your nation.

Past chairman of an organization that donated $49.3 billion to provide grants and interest-free loans to the world’s poorest countries (your nation included).
co-founder of Makeda Fund: A US$50 million private equity fund that invested in African Women-owned businesses
Helped strength the National Economic Policy Coordination by suggesting the creation of EFCC

In 2000 she "Organised and helped implement capacity building/training of over 40 mid-career civil servants and legislative aides in economic policy and analysis with the assistance of the donor funds from USAID and technical support from the World Bank." for your nation

She's equally helped African nations and other nations like Cameroon, Kenya, North Africa, Congo, Rwanda, Iran, Lebanon, etc

Her work activities in helping others as well as her awards
WORLD BANK ACTIVITIES

Co-Chair, LICUS Task Force (Low Income Countries Under Stress), Oct. 2001- March 2002
Chair, Human Resources Committee-Administrative Client Support (ACS) Network, 2001
Member, Clearance and Staffing Panel for Country Unit staff, 2001
Member, Director Selection Committee, Young Professionals Program, 1997-2000
Chair, Staff Association working group on status of Women, 1993-1996.
Member, Small Grants Committee, 1993-1996
Chair, Economist Recruitment Sub-Group, 1991-1995
Member Economist Clearance Panel, 1992-1995
Member, Agricultural Staffing Panel, 1992-1995
Member, World Bank Appeal Committee, 1993-1994
Member, Outside Interest Committee, 1991-1994
Founder, African Women Informal Networking Group, World Bank, 1986-87
BOARD MEMBERSHIP AND CHAIRMANSHIP
ONE Campaign, Washington, D.C. and London
The World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.
The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
Foundation Board of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum, Davos,
Switzerland
The African Institutes of Science and TechnologylNelson Mandela Institute, Abuja
African University of Science and Technology, Abuja
Center for Global Development (CGD)
Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Leadership Council
Vital Voices, Washington, D.C.
External Advisory Board, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI),
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Advisory Board, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Results for Development Institute, Washington, D.C.
Member, System Dynamics Advisory Board, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and University,
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Member, Visiting Committee, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Co-founder and member, Board of Directors, Women of Light Foundation (WOLF). An NGO
assisting female sex workers, in Lagos, Nigeria
Member, Advisory Board, L YNX- Linking Nigerian Youth Together. An NGO formed by a
group of Nigerian students in Boston, Massachusetts.


Member, Board of Fate Foundation, USA and Nigeria.
Member, Advisory Board, World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington D.C., USA
Chair World Bank Development Committee. Spring 2004
Representative to the Development Committee (2004 to date) of Anglophone Constituency of
African Governors of World Bank
Member, International Monetary Policy and Finance Committee (IMFC) of the IMF as part of
Anglophone Constituency of African Governors of IMF
SELECTED LIST OF HONOURS

The 2011 Global Leadership Award, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.Zul l.
Top 100 most inspiring people delivering for girls and women, Women Deliver, 2011.
Top 100 Women, The Guardian, 2011.
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in Economics (honoris causa), Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2011.
The Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, Africare, 2010.
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, The University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2010.
This Day Award of 50 Most Notable Nigerians who have contributed most to 50 years of
Nigerian Development, 2010.
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Amherst College, USA, May 2008.
Member of Prestigious Nobel Prize Winner, Prof. Michael Spence led Commission on Growth
and Development, 2008.
Conde Nast International Business Intelligence Magazine Portfolio as one of 73 "Brilliant"
business influencers in the world, 2008.
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, December 2007.
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Colby College, USA, May 2007.
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Brown University, USA, May 2006.
Forbes Magazine 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, 2006.
Global Finance Minister of the Year 2005 EUROMONEYMagazine.
Honarary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica
2004.
Finance Minister of the Year 2005, Africa and the Middle East: Emerging Markets Magazine.
TIME Magazine European Heroes Award 2004.
Minister of the Year 2004 & 2005 THISDAY Nigeria Newspaper.
Finance Minister of the Year 2004 for Africa and Middle East - Award by THE BANKER, a
publication of the FINANCIAL TIMES.
Nigerian Association of Humanitarian NGOs Excellence Award 2005.
Umuada Igbo (Association ofIgbo Women of Nigeria). Excellence Award 2005.
Nigerian Institute of Directors, Excellence and Leadership Award 2005.
Umuahia Catholic Diocese, Abia State, Nigeria, Courage, Excellence and Leadership Award
2005.
Euromarket Forum, Brussels Belgium, 2004 Award for Vision and Courage In Design and
Implementation of Nigeria's Economic Reform Programme.
2000 Merit Award - Nigerian Lawyers Association, New York, USA.


International Economics Contribution Award - Nigerian Peoples Forum.
African Development Leader Award - African Community Development Institute (ACODI).
World Bankers Toastmaster's Club Communications and Leadership Award, Washington,
D.C., 1996.
Josephine L. Murray Traveling Fellow, Harvard University, 1975.
Junior Fellow, Harvard Institute ofInternational Affairs, 1976.
Isobel L. Briggs American Fellow, Harvard University/MIT, 1976.
International Fellow, American Association of University Women, 1977-78


Until Amaechi and his corrupt governors can achieve half of the ish this woman has done and helped half of the people and the nation this woman have helped, then they have the right to attack her. Until then he and his 13 corrupt governors should sit down and focus on their work. They are governors, not thugs.

amade@the top:
we must not play politics with issues that has to do with national development. okonjo iweala is the best thing that has happen to Nigeria in the last 20 years of Nigeria history. Am talking from my position as a chartered accountant because i know her financial contributions to the growth of Nigerian economy and this cannot be over emphasize

Godsun2013: Ok, but wait o.i neva brush mouth i dey eat

ayodeji752: " i am working WITH Goodluck Jonathan" madam u are rude. D rite way of saying it is " i am working FOR Goodluck Jonathan" cos u are working for him

Tolexander:

orisun

3ace: Don't let us deceive ourselves; She's working for GEJ. If GEJ decides to sack her today, can we save her? Why couldn't we save Rukayat if she was actually working for Nigerians? Same thing goes for Governors and their Commissioners.

ayodeji752: " i am working WITH Goodluck Jonathan" madam u are rude. D rite way of saying it is " i am working FOR Goodluck Jonathan" cos u are working for him

Tolexander:

orisun

Okija_juju: Okonjo Iweala reacting to this news making Nairaland frontpage.. Chei why I no go work today na eh! laugh won kill me o.

skyluv2000: Okonjo Iwela is not only a co-ordinating minister or just a minister, but a flamboyant, elegant, charismatic and a prominent mother in nigeria,west Africa,Africa and World in general.she is a famous celebrity and world economic reformer.So all these local and petty propopaganda political juganuts should go and kiss the toilet sit. Confused and biased Governors. Abeg Madam Ngozi carry go jare. We ibos and southerners are solidly behind you.

remark D: Nice, That's my lady right there!

Haters take a dive or better still hug a transformer - no one will care or even notice! heheh

Lots of people, the average Joe of the streets of Naija might not know or feel directly the impact of this womans works and policies.... but if it was crafty hands that were carrying our economy right now... I'll leave it at that.

God bless this great Igbo lady! (for choosing to come back to this country to serve our people - every Nigerian who love & loathe her).

God bless GEJ! (Whom despite all the distractions and hurdles thrown on his path so he will fail and be frustrated out of the Aso rock, has not been moved... if anything, his amazing performance, again, in light of all the hurdles, is cruising to 2019!).

God bless the Federal Repblic of Nigeria!!!

Nma mma nu.

jumobi1:

She works for Nigeria with/under GEJ. GEJ doesn't pay her.

Agwoden:
guy u well so? Go n take ur drugs.

skyluv2000: Okonjo Iwela is not only a co-ordinating minister or just a minister, but a flamboyant, elegant, charismatic and a prominent mother in nigeria,west Africa,Africa and World in general.she is a famous celebrity and world economic reformer.So all these local and petty propopaganda political juganuts should go and kiss the toilet sit. Confused and biased Governors. Abeg Madam Ngozi carry go jare. We ibos and southerners are solidly behind you.

jdbabzy: Tribalism is the bane of my fatherland. I weep for her, and all the 'sicklings' she continues to raise.

I pray that our eyes wouldn't all be blindfolded by ethnic sentiments.

The 'facts' remain that a vast majority of the citizens of our country: r jobless, do not have access to good and quality health care systems, education, water, electricity, roads, airports, or any other means of transportation, cannot afford decent meals, live on less than a dollar a day,....and d list is endless.

These are d present facts and realities we r faced with, and not what they show us on NTA network. Heck, not what the finance minister comes on air to tell us.

As long as these problems persist, I would NEVER be fooled or let myself to be blindly misguided by ethnic sentiments, even though the Ibo blood run thru my veins.

God bless Nigeria!!!

ifebosco: the theoretical economics,a country without no data base can not implement good economic policies that can favor the poor.all na story

Samgreguc:
u are the rude one here! She is working with Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria,she is working for Nigeria and not Goodluck.

Funpeter: Guess u're a statistician or someone that's knows the important of data.

jumobi1:

She works for Nigeria with/under GEJ. GEJ doesn't pay her.

amade@the top:
we must not play politics with issues that has to do with national development. okonjo iweala is the best thing that has happen to Nigeria in the last 20 years of Nigeria history. im talking from my position as a chartered accountant because i know her financial contributions to the growth of Nigerian economy and this cannot be over emphassize