Both women were included on the list after a survey published by Richtopia, an online business platform that covers a mix of valuable content on success, inspirational people, finance and economics, compiled the list of top women leaders. One other Nigerian woman who made it on to the list was former education minister Dr Oby Ezekwesili.
Other prominent women on the list include US first ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. Also included are Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; IMF boss Christine Lagarde; Bill Gates’ wife Melinda Gates; Oprah Winfrey; US national security adviser Susan Rice; Nancy Pelosi and CNN correspondent Christian Amanpour.
Richtopia, said the list is of influential women have been adjudged to have been proactive in their public life. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has served as finance minister and World Bank managing director and was a candidate for its presidency three years ago.
Dr Ezekwesili, who has also worked with the World Bank was expected to be named in Nigeria's recent cabinet but was surprisingly left out. Ms Dabiri-Erewa, who drove Nigerian foreign policy while in the House of Representatives, is expected to pick up a plum diplomatic appointment when President Buhari names his ambassadors later this month.
Political commentators believe that Ms Dabiri-Erewa will either be named as the high commissioner to the UK or Nigeria's permanent representative to the United Nations. Dr Ezekwesili is also expected to be given a prominent ambassadorial role like the Nigerian ambassador to the US.
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