Unsustainability of Failure: The Office of the Citizen | Dr. Oby Ezekwesili | TEDxMaitama

Dr Ezekwesili is a chartered accountant and former Nigerian Minister of Education. She served as Vice-President for the World Bank’s program in Africa and was responsible for a portfolio of about $40 Billion and the delivery of projects, economic and sectoral work in 47 Sub-Saharan countries. She was until recently the Senior Economic Advisor to Open Society, aimed at building vibrant and tolerant societies with democratically accountable governments. Dr Ezekwesili currently runs the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI). In this talk she emphasizes on what she calls the "office of the citizen" as being the most powerful office in the land. Dr Ezekwesili is a chartered accountant and former Nigerian Minister of Education. Dr. Ezekwesili also served as Vice-President for the World Bank’s program in Africa and was responsible for a portfolio of about $40 Billion and the delivery of projects, economic and sectoral work in 47 Sub-Saharan countries. She was until recently the Senior Economic Advisor to Open Society, aimed at building vibrant and tolerant societies with democratically accountable governments. She currently runs the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI), which provides policy expertise and advisory support to African Heads of Government and their cabinets. She is also a member of the Global Ocean Commission at Somerville College, Oxford, jointly chaired by former Costa Rican President José María Figueres, the former Minister in the South African Presidency Trevor Manuel, and former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx