Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria minister of Finance has been
named one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world by Fortune Magazine.
She was recognised alongside the Liberian President,
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Catholic
Pontiac, Pope Francis; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Indian Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi; Bill and Melinda Gates as well as Facebook Founder Mark
Zuckerburg and Apple Chief Executive Officer, Tom Cook.
The magazine wrote her citation thus...
"A magna cum laude Harvard grad who holds a Ph.D.
from MIT, Okonjo-Iweala has helped usher in a GDP-trebling decade of Nigerian
prosperity. “She is a fearless promoter of sound economic policies,” says
Witney Schneidman, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for African
affairs. No wonder Nigeria’s two-term finance minister—and first woman in the
role— has been considered a top contender to run the World Bank one day."
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