Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister
for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been
named African Finance Minister of the year 2014 by
leading investment & international group, African
Investor. Dr Okonjo Iweala is pictured above with her
husband Dr. Ikemba Iweala.
Okonjo-Iweala was announced winner today October
10th from a shortlist which included Finance
Ministers of Kenya, Angola, Rwanda, Liberia,
Seychelles, Zambia and Kingdom of Morocco.
In her acceptance speech, Dr Okonjo-Iweala said;
- “I am delighted and honored to have been picked
as African Finance Minister of the Year 2014.
Africa has come a long way from decades of
economic stagnation to steady growth that has
seen the continent make a huge leap for the
better. In Nigeria, we are marching on. The
building blocks for a greater future are being laid.
I want to thank you for this recognition and I want
to thank my President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan for his constant support and my team at
home, without which the job would have been
impossible. Finally, I encourage every one of us to
participate in the growth and development of our
countries and our continent. Together, we will
make it.”