On Monday, when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the appointment of Nancy Asiko Onyango as the next head of its internal audit unit, a torrent of congratulatory messages flooded public sites.
With her solid background in risk management, the celebratory posts came mainly from Dr Onyango’s colleagues in the accounting and finance world buoyed by the appointment of one of their own to head IMF’s Office of Internal Audit and Inspection (OIA). But it was only a matter of time before one unlikely source could unintentionally break up the monotony.