Oby Katryn Ezekwesili (Obiageli)

Younger Nigerians are excited about the possibility that the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, might take a run at the PDP nomination with the backing of the government's remaining reformers such as EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu and Education Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili...

El-Rufai, 46, is regarded as the architect of the government's economic reform programme and he is linked to Ribadu (whose position as EFCC Chairman constitutionally outlasts Obasanjo) and to Mines Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili...

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...

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...

Recruiting credibility Obasanjo has recruited Oby Ezekwesili, a founder of the international anti-corruption lobby Transparency International, as a senior advisor to invigorate the anti-corruption drive...