Twitter users on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the emergence of former Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, as the winner of the 2017 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
NAN reports that Johnson-Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, won the $5m Mo Ibrahim award, designed to improve the quality of political leadership in Africa.
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Jonson-Sirleaf became the first woman to win the Mo Ibrahim Prize, in recognition of her efforts to rebuild her country after two devastating civil wars.
The Ibrahim Prize is awarded to former executive head of state or government by an independent committee composed of eminent figures, including two Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
The Mo Ibrahim Prize was inaugurated in 2007.
Below are some of the tweets by the social media users:
@Omar_Ramadhan wrote: “Mo…
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