Okonjo-Iweala had been awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters on Monday,
May 18, 2015 during Yale's Commencement ceremony in New Haven,
Connecticut, alongside eight others.
The petition, which is being hosted on Change.org, the world's largest petition platform, was started by a Nigerian resident in the United States, one Sunday Iwalaiye.
When ostareze.blogspot.com visited the web
page, it was discovered that 453 more petitions were needed to reach
2,500, which will probably prompt the organisation to consider the
petition worthy of consideration.
When the petitioner kicked off the movement, the
signatures had trickled in by the seconds but they have since leaped to
over 2,000, with more probably on the way.
Tagged “Yale University gave its prestigious honorary doctorate degree
to an undeserving Nigerian,” the petition reads in part: "There is no
tangible evidence of any economic development in Nigeria under the
leadership of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (sic) in all reality.
"Nigeria's economy is still an oil-dependent economy that is debt and borrowing ridden as well as 100% consuming and importing in nature.”
-Thisday
"Nigeria's economy is still an oil-dependent economy that is debt and borrowing ridden as well as 100% consuming and importing in nature.”
-Thisday
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