{"id":12058,"date":"2013-04-12T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T16:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=12058"},"modified":"2013-04-13T07:35:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T06:35:29","slug":"67-billion-forex-ezekwesili-attacks-okonjo-iweala-wants-a-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/67-billion-forex-ezekwesili-attacks-okonjo-iweala-wants-a-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"$67 Billion Forex: Ezekwesili Attacks Okonjo-Iweala, Wants a Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>F<\/b>ormer World Bank Vice President for Africa and former Education Minister, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili has descended on Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for accusing her of peddling false information over Nigeria&#8217;s foreign reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili had alleged that $67 Billion left by the President Olusegun Obasanjo&#8217;s regime has been squandered by the Government of late President Musa Yar&#8217;Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan&#8217;s government fired back, insisting that what was left by the Obasanjo&#8217;s regime was $45 Billion and not $67 Billion. The Government tendered a CBN document at a Press conference by Dr. Doyin Okupe which showed that $45 Billion was what was left behind by President Obasanjo&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>The former Education Minister who has since resigned from her World Bank job requested to have a debate with officials in Government.<\/p>\n<p>But Dr. Iweala at the Future Awards Symposium said &#8220;We should stop having false debates based on wrong or no information. Sometimes, I think it&#8217;s deliberate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com gathered that the latest attack from Ezekwesili who was nominated by Dr. Iweala to the World Bank job even when she does not have a PHD, a requirement for the World Bank job, has signaled a crack in their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Series of tweets released by the former World Bank VP for Africa, and minister of education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili claimed that, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and a former World Bank Managing Director subbed her<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili released series of tweets where she attacked at her former colleague and friend.<\/p>\n<p>She challenged Iweala to a public debate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/67-billion-forex-ezekwesili-attacks-okonjo-iweala-wants-a-debate\/attachment\/timli\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12074\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12074\" alt=\"timli\" src=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/timli.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/timli.jpg 650w, https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/timli-600x978.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and former Education Minister, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili has descended on Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for accusing her of peddling false information over&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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