Quote

Life really went backwards. 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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 13
Diplomat
Economist
Politician
Lost
Savings
Running
Backwards
Everything
Saving
Really
Parents
Life
Side
Went
Parent
Sides
Nigerian

More quotes by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Image
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries?
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs and employ their peers and employ other people.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Image
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala