Tinubu meets Okonjo-Iweala, Pate at Presidential Villa

President Bola Tinubu met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja, yesterday. Although, the purpose of her visit was not made known to state house correspondents. However, it is believed that discussions on the economic and trade agenda of the new administration in Nigeria will be discussed. One of President Tinubu’s designate ministers, Dr. Ali Pate, joined Dr. Okonjo-Iweala as she entered the Villa a few minutes after 3pm. Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister between 2003 and…

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Okonjo-Iweala insists she’s enjoying WTO job amid talks of resignation

The Director-General (D-G) of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Okonjo-Iweala, says she is still enjoying her job amid talks of resignation. Recall that on Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the WTO D-G considered resignation due to the “organisation’s historical inertia”. Okonjo-Iweala, the seventh WTO D-G took effect on March 1, 2021, becoming the first woman and the first African to serve as head of the institution. Citing 5 WTO officials, Bloomberg reported that they explained that Okonjo-Iweala privately floated the idea that she may resign if there is no headway in…

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Just In! WTO: South Korean’s Myung-hee withdraws from race, Okonjo-Iweala remains sole candidate

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Nigerian finance minister, has become the sole candidate in the World Trade Organisation’s Director-General race, as the South-Korean candidate for the position, Yoo Myung-hee, withdrew her bid to contest. This was disclosed by Myung-hee after she had mentioned it to the United States, according to Bloomberg. This means that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is now the sole candidate left in the race. Yoo Myung-hee is South Korea’s Trade minister and its candidate for the top job at the WTO following the resignation of Roberto Azevedo. Okonjo-Iweala had secured…

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Okonjo-Iweala set to lead World Trade Organisation

Nigeria’s nominee for the position of the Director-General of the WorldTrade Organisation (WTO), Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is set to emergewinner of the competitive race. According to Reuters, a key group of WTO ambassadors proposed Okonjo-Iwealato lead the trade organisation on Wednesday, The official announcement is expected to be made later today by WTO. Okonjo-Iweala was Nigeria’s finance minister during the tenures of formerpresidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. She has experience working at international governance bodies as a formermanaging director of the World Bank and as a chairman at…

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Nigeria will deploy its entire energy to ensure that you become WTO DG, Buhari assures Okonjo-Iweala

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country will explore every opportunity and deploy its entire energy to ensure that she becomes the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). This assurance was given by President Buhari when the former Managing Director of the World Bank paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa on Monday. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala made it to the final two for the job along with South Korea’s Minister for Trade, Mrs Yoo Myung-hee and the candidacy…

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WTO Race: Okonjo-Iweala, one other candidate advance to final stage

World Trade Organization members selected two final candidates Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body, according to people familiar with the matter. By advancing two women to the final round of the selection process, the WTO will likely have the first female director-general in its 25-year history. Okonjo-Iweala served two stints as Nigeria’s finance minister and one term as foreign affairs minister. She has experience working at international governance bodies as a former managing…

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WTO: APC Governors’ Forum commends Buhari for nominating Okonjo-Iweala

By Godwin Amunde The candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General has received a boost from elected governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the auspices of the Progressive Governor’s Forum (PGF). President Muhammadu Buhari earlier in June, 2020 announced the nomination of Nigeria’s two term former Minister of Finance. The forum in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and signed by its Chairman and Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku-Bagudu, called on member countries of WTO to support Nigeria’s candidate for the top…

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