That might have been a difficult call for fellow Tanzanian and former Secretary General of the Organisation for African Unity Salim Ahmed Salim who was on the judging panel alongside ex-United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan ex-Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari Nigeria's former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the ex-President of Ireland Mary Robinson...
Former Finance and Economy Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was credited with re-establishing Nigeria's macroeconomic management...
He was a driving force among the team of reformers during President Olusegun Obasanjo's second term: Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Education Minister Obi Ezekwesili anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu and Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprise Irene Chigbue...
Former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may be brought back into government...
The driving force behind the government's economic reforms was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who held both the Finance and Foreign Affairs portfolios as well as leading Nigeria's negotiators in talks to cancel more than 80% of the country's foreign debt...
He moved high-profile Finance Minister and former World Bank Vice-President Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to Foreign Affairs and fellow reformer Oby Ezekwesili from Solid Minerals to Education...
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The budget will clarify Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala's claims to have stabilised the macro-economy and got a grip on public spending...
Obasanjo's reform team including Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Energy Minister Obi Ezekwesili and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nassir el-Rufai may continue in their technocratic roles but lack the backing within the PDP for the top job...
We hear that a government mission led by Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala last month told World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials that revenues were projected to balloon by 2008 to more than double the current $22 bn...
There are even reports that Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Special Advisor on Due Process to the President Oby Ezekwesili were considering their positions following a critical but poorly-researched editorial in the Washington Post on the oil awards...