By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Katryn Ezekwesili, as she turned 60.

Congratulating Ezekwesili in a statement by signed by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime and issued on Friday, Soludo expressed gratitude to God for His grace and mercy upon Mrs. Ezekwesisli’s life.

He noted that as a foremost daughter of Ndigbo and Anambra State, the celebrant has distinguished herself and brought honour to Anambra State and her community in the various capacities she had held forte both within and outside the shores of Nigeria.

According to him, 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 of unblemished reputation

The Governor said: “I celebrate you 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.

“On behalf of my family, government and the good people of Anambra state, I wish Dr Oby Ezekwesili long life and more years of abundance grace and good health as you continue to render greater services to God and humanity.”

Among other of her accomplishments, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili is also a 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, the School of Politics Policy and Governance (SPPG), and many more.

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