Dr Ngozi is sympathetic about the Chibok girls scenario and as a mother she probably was the best person placed in the forefront. But from her writings about the executive cabinet, she may be perceived as a feminist - one who may advocate gender equality at every facet of society. In a viral interview with Peter Okojie, the author offers a peep into the content of her book. According to the WTO Director-General, her aged mother was held for five days, and then, she got a call by her abductors. “They didn’t ask for money contrary to what many people thought.

The woman oil marketer that hosted other oil marketers in her house for a meeting where they agreed to make NOI leave office in wheelchair. As usual, the pettiness of people long held in high regard even though not explicitly stated but subtly conveyed puts a disappointing end to any respect accorded them. Determined to root out the fraudulent claims and other schemes that drain the country of resources and ultimately deprive the poor of crucial services, the former Managing Director of the World Bank, Okonjo- Iweala found herself and her family targeted for reprisals designed to force her to drop her anti-corruption campaign. She refused to stop or to resign, even as her enemies kidnapped her mother. Admitting that it is risky to tell her story, Okonjo-Iweala, currently senior advisor at Lazard and board chair of Gavi, notes that it is also dangerous not to tell it.

Needless to say this unearths a lot of what is meant when people say that Nigeria is a difficult country to run and by all accounts yes it is. Ceva, Emanuela, and Michele Bocchiola. 2019. Personal trust, public accountability, and the justification of whistleblowing. Journal of Political Philosophy 27 (2): 197–206. But the family's life was turned upside down by the outbreak of civil war in 1967. Her father became a brigadier in the Biafran army and went to the front line. The family was forced to move from place to place, surviving on one meal a day or less. The war ended with more than a million dead, many lost to starvation. Easterly, William. 2013. The tyranny of experts: Economists, dictators, and the forgotten right of the poor. New York, NY: Basic Books. Although she is inarguably a skilled banker and political operator, trade diplomats are after all a cult" — Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, director of the ECIPE think tank

MIT Press began publishing journals in 1970 with the first volumes of Linguistic Inquiry and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History. Today we publish over 30 titles in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. The book practically, documents in details, the diverse methods corrupt officials can divert resources away from the country’s development, rewarding the crooked but depriving poor people the right to enjoy their God-given resources. This explains why a country like Nigeria, so endowed with excess crude, cannot boast of a single refinery, hence, the importation of petroleum products. The anomaly couldn’t have endured this long if corrupt government officials and their cronies are not benefiting from the corrupt system. Dame Minouche, who has known Dr Okonjo-Iweala for more than 20 years, since they were colleagues at the World Bank in the early 2000s, started off with an anecdote. “I still remember the day that Ngozi told me she was going to leave the relatively comfortable life of the World Bank to be finance minister of Nigeria”, the LSE Director recalled. “I just looked at her and said, ‘Ngozi, that’s one of the hardest jobs in the world’ – and then she did it twice!”. This, Dame Minouche said, “a testimony to her courage and determination”.Easterly, William. 2006. The white man’s burden: Why the west’s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good. New York, NY: Penguin.

In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria’s finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away from development, rewarding the unscrupulous and depriving poor people of services.Kahneman, Daniel, and Gary Klein. 2009. Conditions for intuitive experience: A failure to disagree. American Psychologist 64 (6): 515–526.