Ngozi okonjo iweala born 13 June 1954 is a Nigeria born economist and international development expert who was the first female to emerge the position of Nigeria’s Finance Minister and also as Minister of foreign affairs.She helped Nigeria to wipe out $48billion debt under the formal president olusegun obasanjo Administration.
Okonjo-Iweala was also instrumental in helping Nigeria obtain its first ever sovereign credit rating of BB minus from fitch ratings in 2006.
She emerge the position of the world bank managing director in December 2007, and in 2011 she became the minister of finance again under the Administration of the formal president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan.
During this period she setup an empowerment programme called Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria (GWIN),of which the world bank commended it as one of the most effective programmes of its kind globally.
Okonjo-Iweala is co-Chair of the Global Commission for the Economy and Climate, with nicolas stan and paul polman.
in 2019 she became part of UNESCO's International Commission on the Futures of Education and in 2020 president Muhammed Buhari nominated her for the position of director general of WTO. Even thou we are unable to accentuate all her achievement because they are numerous we shegze.com wish her success as she mount the position of the WTO director general.
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