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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