Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finance Minister receives honorary doctorate from Yale University

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named Doctor of Humane letters by Yale University on May 18, 2015.
(Yale University/Joy Bush)

Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has received an honorary doctorate degree from the prestigious Yale University in Connecticut, US.

Dr Okonjo-Iweala named a Doctor of Humane Letters on Monday, May 18, 2015 during Yale's Commencement ceremony.

On its website, Yale wrote about the minister saying:

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