The Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Group, former Minister of Solid Mineral and Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili popularly known as “Madam Due Process” is set to storm Jos, Plateau State to launch the Red Card Movement for North Central on May 3rd, 2018.

The Movement is opposed to poor governance, the spate of killings, impunity and abuse of power.

Hon. Oby Ezekwesili has been a strong and active voice to critical governance issues in Nigeria.

She has been championing the release of the kidnapped Chibok School Girls since the girls were abducted in School by the dreaded Boko Haram members.

She was the Pioneer head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (aka Due Process Unit). It was in this position that she earned the sobriquet of “Madam Due Process” for the outstanding work she led a team of professionals to do in sanitising public procurement or contracting at the Federal level in Nigeria.

She was the architect of the Bureau for Public Procurement legislation, the NEITI legislation and the new Minerals and Mining legislation during her six and a half years stint in government.

She was appointed Minister of Solid Minerals (Mines and Steel) in June 2005 during which time she led a vibrant reform program that led to Nigeria’s global recognition as a credible mining investment destination.

In June 2006, Ezekwesili was appointed the
Federal Minister of Education , holding this post until she took up her World Bank appointment in May 2007.

In March 2007, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz announced the appointment of Ezekwesili as Vice-President for the Africa Region starting on 1 May 2007.

She was a co-founder of Transparency International and served as one of its pioneer directors. As a senior economic advisor for Open Society, a group founded by billionaire
George Soros , she advises nine reform-committed African heads of state including
Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia.

Viewpoint Nigeria will keep you abreast of the launch as it unfolds.

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Human Rights Activist, Oby Ezekwesili Sets to Storm Jos to Launch Red Card Movement