Okonjo Iweala Faces World Bank Panel
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is in the race for the World Bank Presidency, will face the panel of interviewers at the bank’s headquarters in Washington DC Monday.
She is in the race with Colombian national and professor at Columbia University, Jose Antonio Ocampo, who will take his turn tomorrow and Dr. Jim Yong Kim – a Korean-American Physician, nominated by the United States – whose interview session has been scheduled for Wednesday.
A presidency source who disclosed this to THISDAY said given the torrent of support that had poured in for Okonjo-Iweala, she had been encouraged to move on and had vowed to fight to the end.
The source said: “This is a historic battle because this is the first time in over six decades, American domination is being challenged and the developing world is being considered and supported by the leading light of the western world.”
Okonjo-Iweala has been widely acclaimed to be the most qualified candidate for the multilateral development institution’s top position and has been endorsed by various globally respected newspapers.
