Former Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala Loses Mother

Professor Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is dead.Naija News reports that the scholar and matriarch of the Umu Obi Obahai Royal Family died on Friday at the age of 96.She was also the mother of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Obi (Dr) Ifechukwude Anishi Okonjo II, and the wife of the late Obi (Professor) Chukwuka Okonjo, the immediate past traditional ruler of the kingdom.