Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Gets New Job... See Details

According to fresh report emerging, the immediate past Minster of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala now has a new job.

Lazard Ltd, today, Monday, September 21, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has joined the Firm as a Senior Advisor, with a focus on sovereign advisory, Business Wire reports.

 

Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms. It operates from 43 cities across 27 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. 

 

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, a global leader in economic development and international finance, was until May 2015 the Coordinating Minister for the Economy & Honourable Minister of Finance of Nigeria.

 

Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Lazard, said: "She will bring a unique international expertise and experience that will benefit both our sovereign and corporate clients. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has built a remarkable international reputation over more than three decades in leadership positions in government and at the World Bank."

 

"She will be a strong addition as a Senior Advisor to our firm." Matthieu Pigasse, Global Head of M&A and Sovereign Advisory of Lazard, said.

 

"We are proud to welcome Dr. Okonjo-Iweala as a Senior Advisor to our world-leading sovereign advisory group.

 

She will bring a unique international expertise and experience that will benefit both our sovereign and corporate clients."

 

 

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Jonathan’s List Of Corrupt Deals Handed Over To Buhari: Okonjo-Iweala Blows Hot Again

A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described a recent report by an online news medium and some other media that she handed over a “dossier of corrupt deals” perpetrated by the Goodluck Jonathan administration to President Muhammadu Buhari as completely false and without foundation.

The Media Adviser to the former minister, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement on Sunday, described the report as a sponsored lie, adding that it was part of the political attack by “the pay masters of the media houses against Okonjo-Iweala.” These attacks, according to the statement, would continue given that the individuals are bent on a political and personal vendetta against Okonjo-Iweala.

 

“Why are they angry? It is simply because she tried to bring integrity and transparency to the management of Nigeria’s public finances which obviously did not suit their interests. The news medium, which has a long history of publishing falsehoods and distortions against Okonjo-Iweala, is a paid tool of these individuals. But the lies of the online newspaper and its cohorts will never stop Okonjo-Iweala from loving her country or make her regret serving it, not once but twice. As always, we are confident that the truth shall prevail,” she added.

 

Sahara Reporters had earlier alleged that Okonjo-Iweala, had handed President Muhammadu Buhari a list of corrupt deals approved by Goodluck Jonathan. The online news medium had alleged: “Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that former President Jonathan asked her to withdraw more than $1.2 billion from the excess crude account. In an attempt to curry favour with the new government, Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala recently directed officials of her polling agency, NOI Polls, to give President Buhari a 70 per cent approval rating among Nigerians.”

 

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