A proud Nigerian, Dr Okonjo-Iweala believes in keeping it simple. Now a US citizen, she continues to wear the traditional African attire at work.
She is married to Dr Ikemba Iweala, a retired neurosurgeon. They have four children and three grandchildren.
According to the BBC, “she had in fact adopted such attire as a working mother of four to do the school run, an easy answer for a smart look – and a thrifty one at that, given she estimated each outfit cost around $25.”
In an interview to Forbes, she spoke about her early hardship and learning to live frugally after her education was disrupted for two years by the Nigerian Biafra war.
“My parents lost everything, including all their life savings because they were on the Biafran side. I was eating one meal a day and children were dying. So, I learned to live very frugally. I often say I can sleep on a mud floor as well as a feathered bed and be very comfortable. It has made me someone who can do without things in life because of…
