Petition To Yale University About Okonjo-Iweala’s Award Gaining Traction
A petition by a Nigerian calling on Yale University to withdraw the honorary doctorate degree given to Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Iweala, is gaining serious traction on the InternetShortly after SaharaReporters posted the link on its Facebook page, the petition swiftly garnered a lot of signature nearly meeting its goal of 2000 signatures. The petitioner has increased the signature request to 2,500 as at the time of publishing this report
The petitioner, Mr. Sunday Iwalaiye, it might be recalled, is the same person who a few months ago in the heat of Nigeria’s presidential electoral campaign wrote a letter to the United States War College about Buhari's attendance of the college which had been challenged by operatives of the Peoples Democratic Party. The college confirmed he did graduate from the institution.He challenged the citation of Yale University for the award to Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, stating that it neither reflects nor represents everything that has happened under the watch and the supervision of the Nigerian economy by the Minister.
“There is no tangible evidence of any economic development in Nigeria under the leadership of Ngozi Iweala in all reality. Nigeria's economy is still an oil-dependent economy that is debt and borrowing ridden as well as 100% consuming and importing in nature. Nigeria's debt profile has risen rapidly under Ngozi Iweala and Nigeria has borrowed over $2 billion in the last four months alone to pay salaries of the federal and state civil servants.”
He also drew attention to the heavy depletion of Nigeria’s foreign reserves and excess crude oil accounts under the watch of the former Managing Director of the World Bank, as well as the menace of official corruption and financial scandals during her tenure.
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