Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, the President, Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC), speaking on her recent election as OPEC
president on Wednesday, gave the credit to President Goodluck Jonathan
for his courage to appoint her as Minister of Petroleum Resources.
``First of all it could not have happened if the president had not had
the courage to appoint a woman as the Minister of Petroleum Resources,
which meant that I now headed the country's delegation to OPEC.
``And I must say that that was quite a daunting thing; three and half
years ago, I went into a body which is completely male-dominated and
mostly Arab-dominated as well.
``But I have found that they have come to respect me and respect
Nigeria's voice over the last three years in OPEC very highly," she
said.
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