The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has received an honorary Doctorate degree from Yale University for her contributions to Nigeria’s economy. Okonjo-Iweala was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters at Yale’s 2015 Commencement Ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut, US on Monday. She is the second Nigerian in the university’s…
Okonjo-Iweala Presents 2015 Budget
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the minister of finance has presented the 2015 budget estimates of about N4.3trillion to the National Assembly. Okonjo-Iweala, who laid the document in separate appearances before the Senate and the House of Representatives, did not make any speeches while presenting the budget. Bright Okogwu, the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation and some…
Okonjo-Iweala wins African Finance Minister of the Year
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Friday named African Finance Minister of the year for her outstanding performance in office. The award was presented to her by the African Investor Magazine on the sideline of the ongoing annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in Washington DC.…
Okonjo-Iweala Says Taxes Needed For Infrastructure Development
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy, said at a stakeholders’ forum on Non-oil Tax Revenue Capacity Enhancement Programme, this morning in Lagos that the recent Gross Domestic Product, GDP, rebasing exercise showed Nigeria as a more diversified economy than many people thought. The minister made this known at the forum…
Okonjo Iweala’s Losing Battle at the Ports
One after the other, regulatory agencies that were driven from the ports in 2011 to decongest the ports and reduce the cycle of clearing goods are finding their way back He could hardly curtail his anger. As he walked along the corridor of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Port Command, he bemoaned the insensitivity…
Nigeria: An Economy to Watch
The world celebrates Nigeria as the next largest economy in Africa and one of the emerging investment havens in the world, but to many Nigerians, the new economic status is a sad reminder of the paradox of a rich nation and its poor people For many Nigerians whose collective aspiration is for the Nigerian economy…
No Cause for Alarm
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister, sends a 102-page document to the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, showcasing the government’s achievement so far Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy, has probably never been under as much pressure as she has experienced recently. Since mid-last year, she had at one time or…