Okonjo-Iweala Bags New Award

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has bagged the African Finance Minister of the year award for her outstanding performance as a finance minister.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the award was presented to Okonjo-Iweala on Friday, 10 October, 2014, by the African Investor Magazine at the ongoing annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC.

It was gathered that while receiving the award, the minister thanked the organisers for the award and described it as an absolute honour and auspicious.

She also implored all investors in Africa to join the fight against the deadly Ebola virus disease that is ravaging some countries in West Africa.