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Birthday: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Turns 70 Today!

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian-born economist and international development expert. She sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the African Risk Capacity (ARC).

Previously, Okonjo-Iweala spent a 25-year career at the World Bank as a development economist, scaling the ranks to the Number 2 position of Managing Director, Operations (2007-2011). She also served two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria (2003-2006, 2011-2015) under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan respectively.

Education and personal life

Okonjo-Iweala was born in Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta State, Nigeria where her father Professor Chukwuka Okonjo is the Eze (King) from the Obahai Royal Family of Ogwashi-Ukwu.

Okonjo-Iweala was educated at Queen's School, Enugu, St. Anne's School, Molete, Ibadan, and the International School Ibadan. She arrived in the US in 1973 as a teenager to study at Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude with an AB in Economics in 1976. In 1981, she earned her Ph.D in regional economics and development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a thesis titled Credit policy, rural financial markets, and Nigeria's agricultural development. She received an International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW), that supported her doctoral studies.

She is married to Dr. Ikemba Iweala, a neurosurgeon. They have four children - one daughter, Onyinye Iweala (AB, MD, PhD, Harvard) and three sons, Uzodinma Iweala (AB, Harvard, MD, Columbia), Okechukwu Iweala (AB, Harvard) and Uchechi Iweala (AB, MD, MBA, Harvard).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala

Good

Yoruba People Would Say "Arugbo Se Omidan" meaning "The Old Was Once A Maiden". Looking at this great woman in the picture below shows how one can still dress "hot" and still use their brain unlike some women of this Generation slaying with Empty Skull.


Happy Birthday Momma.

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Happy birthday Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Happy birthday to the woman king!

Happy birthday to her.

This woman been really get swag that year, very hot

2bd Greatest Nigerian women after Dora Akunyuli

This brilliant Ngozi woman self sabi play love ooo and she go like preek. See her resting on her boyfriend shoulder with beautiful smile way back in that photo. You didn't really impressed me as minister of finance. Anyway happy birthday to you ma.

woman of high esteemed. HBD to her

Happy birthday mama de mama



Live long!!!

Congratulations Madam.
But Ogwashi no reflects say Great people come from there.

Happy birthday to a Honorable woman of Leadership ....We Pray more Years in advance for you in Jesus name Amen in Good Health, Peace and Prosperity

Woman of substance, cheers to new age 🥳🎊

shes a nobody

peter obi will never be president

She was a joy to behold in the 70s. Beauty with brains.
Whenever I see throwbacks of our mothers, those babes fine that time sha. Wondering why there are fewer beautiful women these days. Like needle in haystack, with potbellies everywhere forming curvy nonsense.

Happy birthday , ma'am.




More happy and healthy life.

The only woman in the world I feel can lead Nigeria the others are Looney tunes... She actually age mate with my mum. Congrats mam

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HBD, Ma, the great ICON.

Happy Birthday Super Woman

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Ada Igbo.

Happy birthday.

She's the real Slay Queen... Happy Birthday Queen Mother.

Happy Birthday to A Great Woman!