THE PHENOMENUM CALLED
NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA AND LESSONS
Dr Ngozi
Okonjo Iweala born 13 June 1954 was at a time the minister of the
minister foreign affairs and the first female to become the two times minister
of finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for two terms/tenures from August
2011 to 29 May 2015 and 15th July 2003 to 21st June
2006 and the coordinating minister for the economy from 17thAugust
2011 to 29th May 2015 she was also the Managing
Director of the World bank from 2007 to 2011, she chairs the Board
of Global Alliance for vaccines and immunization(GAVI) and the African Risk
Capacity(ARC).In 2015 she was named as the being Among the fifty(50) greatest
world leaders by fortune magazine.
In 2015 she Joined Lazard
as a senior advisor. She has done several nonprofit ventures and have honorary
degrees from a very good number of reputable universities around the world.
In 2017 was named as an
independent non-executive director at standard chartered PLC in the United
Kingdom and by July 19 2018 was named on the board of Twitter Inc. This is
clearly a strongly compressed outlay of her career, influence and personality.
To mention but a very few
of her impact on the nation, she was instrumental to the wiping off of loans
totaling about $ 48 billion USD, she built various systems some of which are
GIFMS, IPPIS & TSA all before the expiration of her tenure and this helped
fight corruption and reduced ghost workers to the tune of 62,893 saving the
nation a whopping $1.25billion dollars. (Source Wikipedia)
The following are some of
the lesson to be taken from this beautiful and inspiring life:
1. She hails from a background where quality education is
appreciated and encouraged: having a father who is a professor, She surely had
a robust foundation which gave her an edge, we may not all have this kind of
edge but the one we have what did we make out of it and what plans do we have
to create edges for our successors? There is no way her story would be full
without the mention of her father. Bagging a PHD at twenty seven years (27)
2. She imbibed the trainings she got: no matter the pedigree you
are bring to bear ,terminal degrees are not thrown on the laps of people in the
developed world where she schooled.(although comparatively it’s a lot easier
than most developing and underdeveloped economy).Strong and concerted effort
will be spent in the rigorous academic exercise.
3. She married/associates rightly: A neurosurgeon husband is not a
fluke, the fact that she has spent the better part of her life in the upper
echelon of life’s ladder without a dirty relationship or story to her name is a
sure signal that she is selective of her companion not only her behaviours.
4. She pursues her goals with vigor: with a fraction like a tenth
of her profile a lot of people won’t bother indicate interest in the office of
the president of the World back she still fought. In spite of loud opposition
she stood her ground that removal of subsidy was the best for the nation a
stance that was adopted years later.
5. Heavy yet dresses and acts simply: A lot of people in the
developing and underdeveloped world need to know that simple is style.
6. She was prepared: the training and expertise she gathered early
in life made her ready for any opportunity, please live prepared.
May God continue to increase her, grant us wisdom to learn
proper lessons from her and raise many of her kind among us.
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