Ezekwesili is like a daughter to me – Obasanjo says as he felicitates the former minister on her 60th birthday

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has Felicitated the former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili on the occasion of her 60th birthday

He described Ezekwesili as his own daughter. The former president recalled treating Ezekwesili like his biological daughter because she was intelligent, dynamic, reliable, and enterprising.

“Obiageli Ezekwesili is like a daughter to me. Even when she was a minister, I treated her the same way I treated my biological daughters.

“She was a dynamic young woman who is competent, reliable and very enterprising. As she, therefore, clocks 60 today, I cannot but thank God for her life, as I wish her more fulfilling and glorious years and decades ahead.

“Oby and I met through Transparency International, an initiative started by Peter Eigen, who had worked at the World Bank and saw the need for more integrity in the public arena.”