Diplomay/international affairs/administration Several Nigerians have headed key international organisations, including the following: • Chief Emeka Anyaoku – secretary-general, Commonwealth, 1990–2000; president, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). • Professor Adebayo Adedeji – executive secretary, ECA, 1975–1991; UN undersecretary-general from 1978 to 1991. • Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – managing director, World Bank. • Ms Obiageli Ezekwesili – vice president, World Bank (Africa Region) as of March 2007; founding member of Transparency International and its director for Africa. • Professor Ibrahim Gambari – UN undersecretary-general and current special envoy to Myanmar. • Professor Dora Akunyili – director-general, National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control; Time Magazine Award, 2006, for “One of the eighteen heroes of our time”; Time Magazine Inc. Integrity Award, 2003 – Transparency International. Sport • Ms Chioma Ajunwa – gold medal in the long jump at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, US. • Super Eagles (under 23) – gold medal in soccer at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, US. • Golden Eaglets (under 16) – World Cup, 1985, China. • Golden Eaglets (under 17) – World Cup, 1993; World Cup, 2007, Korea. • Mr Hogan Bassey (Member of the Order of the British Empire – MBE) – world featherweight boxing champion, 1957–1959. • Mr Dick Tiger Ihetu (Commander of the Order of the British Empire – CBE) – world middleweight and light heavyweight boxing champion, 1962, 1965. • Mr Samuel Peter – World Boxing Council (WBC) world heavyweight boxing champion, March 2008. • Mr Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (basketball player) – listed in the National Basketball Association Hall of Fame; led the Houston Rockets to back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995. In the 1993–94 season, he became the only player in the history of the National Basketball Association to win its Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals Most Valuable Player awards in the same season. In 1996, Olajuwon assisted in the gold-medal-winning performance of the US national team, dubbed ‘The Dream Team’, and was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in the National Basketball Association’s History. Source: Compiled for the CRM by the Nigeria National Secretariat, April 2008. 63