By Halimah Olamide
A photograph of a young girl has gone viral after she was dressed as Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for her school career day.
A social media user had posted the photos of the girl who was dressed in the trademark fashion pattern of the former Nigerian Minister of Finance and currently the President of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Okonjo-Iweala, noted for her traditional blouse and skirt with a head scarf.
At all international fora where she appears as speakers, the former Nigerian minister had donned this traditional attires usually made of Ankara with a traditional aso oke for her head scarf.
She had won accolades in the past for promoting the Nigerian fashion style and enhancing the Nigerian local content. Seeing the photographs of the young girl, Okonjo-Iweala had reacted thus: Delighted to get this photo of a young 3 year old girl, who I don’t even know, dressed for her schools Career Day as Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. What a fun thing to see! I pray for her and all young girls that their careers will be even more successful than mine!