{"id":80,"date":"2012-04-02T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T11:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=80"},"modified":"2012-04-02T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T11:46:06","slug":"world-bank-presidency-reps-beat-the-drum-for-okonjo-iweala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Presidency: Reps Beat The Drum For Okonjo-Iweala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ambition of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to ascend the leadership of the World Bank received a boost on Thursday when the Federal House of Representatives publicly declared its support, describing her as \u201cthe best candidate\u201d for the plum job.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82\" title=\"MINISTER OF FINANCE AND COORDINATING MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY, DR. (MRS.) NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/d2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MINISTER OF FINANCE AND COORDINATING MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY, DR. (MRS.) NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The resolution to support the minister followed a Point of Order of Urgent National Importance moved by Honourable Austin Ugbabuhron (PDP, Delta).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as we are all aware, is vying for the position of president of World Bank,\u201d Ugbabuhron said. \u201cThis is the first time that a Nigerian will be vying for that position and it is pertinent for us as a Legislature to endorse her candidature so that the whole world will know that she has our support because she is eminently qualified to hold that position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Representatives also thanked the federal government, South Africa, the African Union and other countries that have thrown their weight behind the actualisation of the minister\u2019s audacious bid.<\/p>\n<p>Other lawmakers who supported the motion include House leader, Mulikat Akande-Adeola, Farouk Lawan, Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu and Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is the best candidate for the World Bank top position,\u201d Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi (PDP, Enugu) said, noting that it is the first time that Africa will be supporting the candidature of a fellow African for a top world position as this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should toe the same line,\u201d he added. \u201cI urge the House to commission the Committees on Inter-Parliamentary and Foreign Affairs to rally support for her,\u201d Ozomgbachi added.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Thursday, Jim Yong Kim, the United States candidate and favoured aspirant to clinch the job, launched his global campaign in Ethiopia. Okonjo-Iweala, Colombian Jose Antonio Ocampo \u2014 the third candidate \u2014 and Kim will be screened by a panel on April 9, 10 and 11, in that order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ambition of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-xtra"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">News Extra<\/a>","tag_info":"News Extra","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}