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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Turns 66 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.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/4235290_1_jpeg83b5009e040969ee7b60362ad7426573 Throwback photo of the former Minister of Finance and her neurosurgeon husband, Ikemba Iweala, when they were young lovers

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

Happy birthday Ma, keep making Nigeria proud internationally.

Happy Birthday mummy.

Apart from being a Grand Master in public's fund looting,nothing else i know about her

Those among that tarnished and ruined Goodluck Jonathan's reputation back then

By the way,has it flew EFCC mind of her being accused of 2015 $2 billion arms deal or have they been silenced by the act of bribing

Happy birthday mama Africa

Happy birthday to you madam.
many likes for you today

Strong and wise woman.


Happy birthday to you Ma,ma'role model. I respect you a lot.

May God bless your new age.

Great Woman, Happy Birthday

Worth celebrating always.... happy birthday Ma

Nice

Igbo Amaka

Strong woman.

R

Happy birthday ma'am..

pyyxxaro:
Igbo Amaka

Delta State amaka.ona go dey claim our successful people

Happy birthday great Woman

Great

Agba

Your generation both dead and alive and the future ones no go fit make am up to her.

CANDYDADDY:
Apart from being a Grand Master in public's fund looting,nothing else i know about her

Those among that tarnished and ruined Goodluck Jonathan's reputation back then

By the way,has it flew EFCC mind of her being accused of 2015 $2 billion arms deal or have they been silenced by the act of bribing

Woman wey sabi!
Happy birthday ma!
Thank you for being an inspiration to several generations of women, and for being the best version of yourself!

Wise woman who signed looting documents but but disclaimer say na GEJ job to check how it was used. Lol

Corrupt woman.

She helped Goodluck Jonathan and his Government, to loot this Country dry. She also supervised the Economy when Nigeria slide into recession in 2014.

Proudly deltan, all her children na Harvard product .money good ooo

She was so cute while young. Congratulations to Mama Okonjo

A woman who has lived a fulfilled life. Hbd to my role model.

Many more yrs to prove to "African" men that a girl child is equally as good as a boy child.

Enjoy your beautiful life Nne.

Beauty and Brains.

Oshomole may be same height as you skeletally but una brain no be mate.