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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian Economist

Born: Jun 13, 1954

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Related authors: Adam Smith Alan Greenspan E. F. Schumacher John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Thomas Sowell

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid. It is all the resources that were taken from Africa, including human, that built these countries today! So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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When I became finance minister, they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or 'Trouble Woman.' It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve, almost to a fault. If you get in my way, you get kicked. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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