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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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I’m told I’m like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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I know what it means to go to the stream to fetch water… what it means when people are poor and don’t have enough to eat. It’s not enough to say you know about poverty. You have to live it.

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No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.

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May 19, 2024

No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.

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May 19, 2024

I know what it means to go to the stream to fetch water… what it means when people are poor and don’t have enough to eat. It’s not enough to say you know about poverty. You have to live it.

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