Nigerian - Economist | June 13, 1954 -
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
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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.
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I felt Nigeria didn't have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn't have to let the economy stagnate.
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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.
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When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
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