Okonjo-Iweala Reacts As Two Nigerians Make Forbes List of World’s Most Powerful Women

Hamilton Nwosa
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Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said she is honoured to be on the Forbes List of World’s Most Powerful Women in the world for the 7th time.

Okonjo-Iweala in a tweet, Wednesday, congratulated all women who made it to the Forbes List also.

The two-term finance minister under former President, Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2006; and secondly, under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan from 2011 to 2015, in a special thanks extended her congratulation to her fellow Nigerian compatriot, media mogul and philanthropist, Mo Abudu who also made it to the list.

Her words, “Feel truly honored to be named one more time as one of the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the world. This will be the 7th time, starting in 2011.

“Congratulations to all the women on this list working hard to make a difference and to others working hard to change the world even if they are not on the list.

“Special congratulations to my younger sister Mo Abudu, great to have two Nigerian women on this list.”

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