World Bank Managing Director, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will appear today before the Senate to be screened for a ministerial appointment, sources close the State Security Service, SSS, told Vanguard yesterday.
She flew into the country yesterday and went straight to the Presidential Villa to meet with the President.
According to the source, after her brief meeting at Aso Rock with the President, her name was immediately forwarded to the SSS for screening. She was said to have been screened and passed on to the Senate yesterday for confirmation today.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Finance Minister who helped Nigeria to negotiate debt relief in 2005, is expected to return to her old position but with added broad powers over economic management, sources close to the negotiations said.
“She will appear before the Senate tomorrow as her name has already been sent to the Senate President’s office,” a SSS source said. The SSS gave Okonjo-Iweala clearance to be screened by lawmakers after a meeting at its office in Abuja.
President Jonathan, who was sworn in for his first full term on May 29 after winning April elections, has reappointed 12 ministers from the outgoing government to their old jobs, including oil minister Deziani Alison-Madueke.
The return of many familiar faces led Jonathan’s critics to question whether his new team will have the reformist credentials it needs.
Okonjo-Iweala’s inclusion in Jonathan’s cabinet would bring more credibility to his reform ambitions.
Okonjo-Iweala is presently a Managing Director of the World Bank. She was Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs from June to August 2006, overseeing Nigeria’s External Relations.
Okonjo-Iweala is presently a Managing Director of the World Bank. She was Nigeria Minister of Foreign Affairs from June to August 2006, overseeing Nigeria’s External Relations.
From July 2003 to June 2006 she served as Minister of Finance and Economy of Nigeria and Head of Nigeria’s much acclaimed Presidential Economic Team responsible for implementing a comprehensive home grown economic reform programme that stabilized the macro-economy and tripled the growth rate to an average of 6 per cent per
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