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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Nigeria's Best Ever Finance Minister - CNN's Richard Quest

Posted by Odinaka on Fri 22nd Jan, 2016 - tori.ng

CNN's reporter, Richard Quest, yesterday made a bold statement after an interview stating that Nigeria's finance minister was the best the country ever had in its history.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

After an interview on Economy of Oil producing countries, popular CNN reporter, Richard Quest, disclosed on Thursday that Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who served during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, is the best finance minister Nigeria ever had in history.

He was quoted as saying, "Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was the best Finance Minister Nigeria ever had."

A Nigerian Twitter user who watched the programme on CNN, Tweeted at the former minister saying, "Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala was the best Finance Minister Nigeria ever had" -- Richard Quest CNN."

She replied him and copied Richard Quest and said, "Thanks for your kind words @richardquest."

It can be recalled that under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria became Africa’s largest economy and listed among 20 fastest growing in the world.