Minister
of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday, was awarded as an honorary Doctor
of Humane Letters degree at Yale University, one of United States’ most
prestigious institutions of higher learning,
The university, which had in the past honored some African
leaders, including the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, presented the award to Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala during her 2015
Commencement Ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut, on Monday.
The Minister is only the second Nigerian in the university’s
314-year history to receive its highest honour after Nobel Laureate, Wole
Soyinka, was conferred with a similar award in 1980.
The President of the University, Peter Salovey, while presenting
the award to Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, described her as “a brilliant reformer and
dedicated public servant, who has spearheaded efforts to stabilize and grow
Nigeria’s economy, battling widespread government corruption and creating
greater fiscal transparency and discipline”.
This is
coming despite criticisms for presiding over a declining economy ravaged by
poverty and corruption.
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