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Okonjo-Iweala Lists Her 3-Point Agenda
Written by Ben-Bright Mkpuma, Abuja
Nigeria’s new Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today
resumed duty as the Minister of Finance and Head of the
nation’s economic team. Mrs Iweala’s resumption was delayed as
she had to tidy up and properly hand over at the World Bank
where she resigned as the Managing Director.
At
the swearing in, President Jonathan told the Minister that “the
expectation, not just for Nigerians but the whole world is quite
high. People expect so much from you. Some feel that you have
the magic wand to change everything. The returnee minister told
Nigerian Journalists that she has three-point agenda this time
around namely “efficiency, efficacy and delivery (EED), which
according to her cannot be achieved by her alone.
The minister who stated that she never envisaged her coming back
to the ministry of Finance said there is no sufficient time for
her to deliver to the Nigerian people who are eager to see the
economy transformed, in line with President Goodluck
Jonathan’s economic transformation programme. Okonjo-Iweala is
expected to reposition some moribund agencies and parastatals
under her ministry.
Addressing senior management of the Ministry, Departments and
Agencies today, the minister directed a comprehensive briefs of
some of the agencies, including the Nigeria’s Economic
Reconstruction Fund, (Nerfund) which she specifically asked
about its state of affairs. At the meeting with the senior
management, it was discovered that Nigerian Deposit Insurance
Corporation (NDIC), Securities and Exchange Commission (Sec) and
Bank of Industry (BOI) were absent.
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