Petition to revoke minister’s doctorate gains 5000 signatures
The petition to withdraw an honorary doctorate granted to Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has now gained 5,090 signatures.
The petition was started by Sunday Iwalaiye, a Nigerian resident in the US, who believes that Okonjo-Iweala is undeserving of the award.
Yale said on its website
that the minister “had tackled corruption, created a vision and path to
long-term economic stability, and worked to build a culture of
transparency” during her tenure.
Iwalaiye however
said that this description of the minister’s achievements does not
reflect the truth about what happened “under the watch and the
supervision of the Nigerian economy by Ngozi Iweala as the nation's
finance minister.”
A spokesperson for Yale responded via
email that the university has no intention of revoking the award
because it has never revoked an honorary degree since its inception.
Another petition has also been started to urge Yale to ignore revocation calls and it has so far gotten 1,731 signatures.
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