Childhood Hardship And Biafran War – NOI

Okonjo-Iweala further spoke on her childhood and the
hardship she experienced first-hand, during the Biafran war.
“I grew up in a village in southern Nigeria where I grew up to
8 and a half years by my grandmother. My parents were
scholarship students in Germany and did not have enough
money to take me with them.
“I learned real life, fetching wood, water. At 5, I could cook.
This life has given me strength and a strong character.
The other experience from my childhood is the Biafran war (1967-1970). My parents lost everything. I knew what it was
to have nothing more.”
An Excerpt From Okonjo Iweala’s Interview.