Nigerian accountant, politician, human rights activist, convener of bring back our girls (Chibok girls) and presidential candidate of ACPN party for 2019 presidential election. Co-founder of Transparency International
Obiageli Ezekwesili (28 April 1963), popularly known as Oby Ezekwesili, is a Nigerian chartered accountant from Anambra state.
She is married to Pastor Nedu Ezekwesili of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).
She was a co-founder of Transparency International, serving as one of the pioneer directors of the global anti-corruption body based in Berlin, Germany.
She served as Federal Minister of Solid Minerals and then as Federal Minister of Education during the second-term presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.
Since then, she served as the Vice-President of the World Bank's Africa division from May 2007 to May 2012, she was replaced by Makhtar Diop.
Ezekwesili was a 2018 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in transparency in the extractive sector.