Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
has disclosed that she is joining United States financial
advisory and asset management bank, Lazard.
Okonjo-Iweala added that she also got a new job –
chair-elect of the board of Bill and Melinda Gates’ Gavi
the Vaccine.
“The two appointments I’m going to undertake embody
a continuation of what I’ve tried to do in my career”,
she told the Financial Times.
“My work at Gavi will help me continue my work in
strengthening institutions and building systems to
improve the health of children through immunisation,”
she said.
At Lazard, she would advise countries on structuring
their finances and dealing with debt issues, the
newspaper wrote.
Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Finance Minister, first
under President Olusegun Obasanjo and then Goodluck
Jonathan.
She has been accused of tactically backing the looting
of oil funds, among other allegations.
The economist has consistently denied all the claims.
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