No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
Women account for about 70% of Africa’s food production and manage a large proportion of small enterprises. They are also increasingly represented in legislative and executive leadership positions. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Read Quote
