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press release In today’s global and competitive world, a country’s success is determined by many things. Key amongst these is a patriotic, effective and efficient cadre of public servants that translates government policies and programmes into tangible benefits. On 14 … read more »
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By Olusola Daniel Having spotted, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her … read more »
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Traditional masquerades have one enduring commonality: they run backwards and forwards; jump up and down and generality create an atmosphere of chaos. At the end of their exertions, though, not much would have changed because both the masquerade and the … read more »
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By Oluwadamidara Aweloye In the wake of economic reforms that are being implemented in the Nigerian polity, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become a victim of slander and the target of … read more »
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By Yushau A. Shuaib I still wonder how the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and the Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is in the eye of the storm. Her grandiose title is not a mere tautology as … read more »
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Government of Ethiopia This week, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, was in Addis Ababa for talks with Prime Minister Hailemariam and the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ato Sufian Ahmed. The discussions with the … read more »
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A day after Prince Khalid bin Sultan, deputy defence minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, made hostile remarks about Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, the Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, will be meeting … read more »
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By Bayo Oladeji, Leadership (Abuja) Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala parted ways with former President Olusegun Obasanjo because of her removal as the Chairman of the Economic Team of the government while she was in London negotiating with London Club. Former … read more »
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For many years, African women have been relegated to mere observers in the socio-political and economic scheme of things. They are considered only ‘good to be seen, nor heard.’ And their voices, when they deign to talk, are drowned out … read more »
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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE News Release. January 8, 2013 SUBSIDY PAYMENTS: FINANCE MINISTRY RELEASES N161 BILLION TO CBN The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which allege that the Federal … read more »
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By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye No matter the very strong views many Nigerians hold about the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, it is difficult not to sympathize with her and her family on the … read more »
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The Coordinating Minister for the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described the traumatic experience of her mother, Professor Mrs Kamene Okonjo, in the hands of her abductors as horrific, as she was left without food for … read more »
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Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Kanene Okonjo, 82, mother of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, wife of His Majesty Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo, the reigning Obi of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom … read more »
THE used to be as free as the bird of the air. Not for her a well dressed policewoman with a pistol strapped onto her waist and madam’s handbag in her hand. Times have changed for the Coordinating Minister of … read more »
By Ayodeji Sunday My attention was drawn to an article (Ngozi Iweala: Nigeria’s Weakest Link) by one Sonala Olumhense. After reading the piece, I concluded that only someone who has absolutely no regard for conscience and truth could have attempted … read more »
By Kabir Mato, Daily Trust opinion Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan presented the 2013 budget estimates before a joint session of the National Assembly even in the hill of protests by the parliamentarians that less than 30% of the 2012 … read more »
By Ayodeji Sunday The Nigerian budget of 2012 and 2013 has generated a lot of public interest – and rightly so. After all, the budget is the most concrete declaration of our government’s national priorities; and it’s good we are … read more »
Cathy Buckle Cathy Buckle on a fortnight of bizarre, sad, and strange-but- true incidents Dear Family and Friends, Infected by the searing October heat, we’ve had a fortnight of bizarre, sad, and strange-but- true incidents. It started in hot, … read more »
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By Magdi El Gizouli Unlike the 30 January 2011 protests the current wave of demonstrations gripping the capital and a number of other towns in the country has tapped into the wider resources of the Sudanese nas (common people). Over … read more »
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Mauritius cut its 2012 tourist arrivals forecast on Tuesday to 980,000 from an earlier estimate of 1,010,000, as it factored in the impact of the global economic crisis on key markets such as the euro zone. Tourism typically generates about … read more »
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Egypt’s central bank sold more 91-day treasury bills than originally offered at an auction on Sunday but trimmed the amount 266-day T-bills sold, the Finance Ministry said on its website. The bank sold 3 billion Egyptian pounds of 91-day bills … read more »
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October 11, 2011 by benim
Cairo – An aide to Egypt’s finance minister and deputy prime minister says the official has resigned in protest over the government’s handling of the protests in Cairo that left 26 dead, most of them Coptic Christians. State television announced … read more »
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September 2, 2011 by benim
… growth expected to exceed 13% in 2011 – IMF Ghana’s economy is said to have strongly recovered, while growth is expected to exceed 13% in 2011. International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials said these during a meeting with Ghanaian government … read more »
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Former World Bank managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will arrive back in Nigeria to be sworn in as finance minister this week, the presidency said on Sunday, a month after the rest of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet was announced. Okonjo-Iweala, who … read more »
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Johannesburg – The Zimbabwean government will continue using the multiple-currency system while addressing problems related to the shortage of change and small denominations, Zimbabwe’s Herald online reported on Thursday. “There is anxiety, particularly within the business sector, on the future … read more »
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Nigeria’s president has appointed most of the members of the new Cabinet. President Goodluck Jonathan told the newly appointed ministers at the presidential palace in the nation’s capital Thursday to be transparent and to bring “significant improvement to (the) economy.” … read more »
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South Sudan will launch its new currency next Monday, just over a week after splitting from the north to become the world?s newest nation, the country?s finance minister said on Monday. “From the 18th onward, depending on the distribution process, … read more »
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CAIRO – Egypt’s ex-prime minister and two other former Cabinet members were charged with corruption Sunday in the latest step in a campaign to bring officials of Hosni Mubarak’s toppled regime to justice for years of corruption, rights abuses and … read more »
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December 3, 2010 by benim
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, … read more »
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October 21, 2010 by benim
Algeria will not give way to lobbies urging it to change its policies towards foreign firms, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said on Thursday, in an apparent reference to a row with Egyptian telecom firm Orascom Telecom. Algeria has hit Orascom’s … read more »
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