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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday congratulated Nigeria’s former finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as a member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
The former president said he said he had much confidence that Okonjo-Iweala’s would excel in her new assignment.
Reacting to the appointment of Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s as a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council by South African government in a tweet, Jonathan described the former Nigeria’s coordinating minister of the economy as an “astute manager of the nation’s economy and resources”.
He said, “I congratulate Dr.@NOIweala who served as the co-coordinating minister for the economy/finance minister in my cabinet, on her appointment as a member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
“As a two-time minister in Nigeria you left indelible marks as an astute manager of the nation’s economy and resources.
“I am delighted that you have continued to place your substantial wealth of experience as a development economist at the service of many nations and international organisations to aid global growth and progress.
“I have no doubt in my mind that you will excel in the new assignment.
