Governor of Anambra State in Southeast Nigeria, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has congratulated Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili who turned 60 years of age.
Congratulating Dr Ezekwesili on attaining the age of 60 years, Governor Soludo expressed gratitude to God for His grace and mercy upon her life.
He said the celebrant has distinguished herself and brought honour to Anambra State and her community in the various capacities she had held forth both within and outside the country.
bringing honour to Anambra State and her community in the various capacities she had held forth both within and outside the country.
She remains an accomplished economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency and accountability,
— Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR (@CCSoludo) April 28, 2023
He further remarked that Dr Ezekwesili remains an accomplished economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency and accountability, a fighter for good governance and human capital development, as well as a humanitarian and an activist with an unblemished reputation.
Governor Soludo also celebrated her as a politician of note and a distinguished public figure in Nigeria and the world, having brilliantly served as the Minister of Solid Minerals from June 2005 to June 2006 and Minister of Education between June 2006 to April 2007, under the then Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as the Vice president of the World Bank’s Africa Region from May 2007 to May 2021.
Among other accomplishments, Dr Oby Ezekwesili is also the Founding Director of Transparency International, Co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement as well as the Founder of Fix Politics Initiative, a research-based citizen-led initiative, and the School of Politics Policy and Governance (SPPG), and many more.
