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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes

Nigerian - Economist | June 13, 1954 -

I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.

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Believe Problems You Find I Believe

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.

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People Economy Production Save Means

Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well. So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de-linked our budget from the oil price.

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Reputation Budget Price Try Oil Own

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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Fight Corruption Top Everyone Bottom

One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very interesting people.

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People Interesting Dynamic Four Very

I'm trying to tell you that there's a new wave on the continent. A new wave of openness and democratization in which, since 2000, more than two-thirds of African countries have had multi-party democratic elections. Not all of them have been perfect, or will be, but the trend is very clear.

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Wave Trying You Perfect New Will

The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid. It is all the resources that were taken from Africa, including human, that built these countries today! So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive.

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Today Back Africa Try Human Without

From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.

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Father Mother Time Cooking War Army

Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigeria's growth and development.

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Growth Foundation Young Development

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.

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Leadership Women Food Small Africa

My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

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Parents Lost Run Savings Everything

I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.

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Sleep Cold I Can Bed Hardship Floor

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