Economy
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes American citizenship
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a two-time minister of finance in Nigeria, is now a US citizen.
According to Bloomberg, Okonjo-Iweala, who is running for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), took US citizenship in 2019.
Most of the candidates running for the office of the DG at WTO boast of dual citizenship, which experts say may boost their chances at getting the much-coveted job.
Jesús Seade Kuri is Mexican and Lebanese; Amina Mohamed serves as a minister in Kenya, but she is also Somali; Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh is both Swiss and Egyptian.
Okonjo-Iweala arrived in the US 47 years ago and had worked there for more than 25 years without taking up the country’s citizenship.
She ran for the president of the World Bank in 2012 without the backing of the United States and lost the sit to Korean-American Jim Yong Kim.
She holds a Bachelor’s in economics from Harvard University and Ph.D. in regional economics and development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
She has honourary degrees from over a dozen universities worldwide.
Greg Romans
2020/09/03 at 2:00 pm
Poor guys, Get your facts right !
Dr. Amina Mohamed, is a KENYAN citizen. Born and raised in Kakamega County in Western Kenyan. She doesn’t hold any other nationality.
Good Try all the same !