Tag: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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Buhari confers National Honours on 450 Nigerians, non-Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred National Honours on 450 Nigerians and non-Nigerians, assuring that he will hand over a Nigeria that is free from insecurity to the next generation of leaders.
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Test Polls: Obi defeats Atiku, Tinubu, Kwankwaso in September
A poll organized by World Bank Director, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and commissioned by the tedo N. A. Peterside Foundation In September shows that the Labour party candidate, Peter Obi is in clear lead. The poll shows that the three leading candidates Bola Tinu of All Progressive Congress, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party…
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What FG can do to attract more investors to Nigeria – Okonjo-Iweala
For Nigeria to attract more investors, it must cut down on trade and infrastructure costs, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised. Okonjo-Iweala also suggested a reduction of linkage and regulatory costs as well as Customs duties to encourage investments. She argued that the costs of doing business in Nigeria…
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WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala shuts down resignation, interest in 2023 presidential slot rumours
The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has declared that she is not interested in vying for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023.
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Delta State honours Unclesam, Okonjo-Iweala, Ovia, Elumelu, Clark, 76 others on 30th Anniversary
No fewer than 81 personalities of Delta origin, including the Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, “Unclesam” Amuka, Director-General, World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, were honoured by the state government as it marked 30. The icons were honoured at a Gala and Award Night on Friday in Asaba to mark the grand finale of a week-long…
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warns against misuse of her name
Former Minister of Finance and now Director General (DG) of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warned against the misuse of her name. This is contained in a statement released by Paul C Nwabuikwu, Media Adviser to the WTO DG. Recall that recently Dr Okonjo-Iweala’s name has been used to advertise some public…
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Another history made as WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala appoints two women to deputy leadership positions
World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday named two women to the WTO’s four deputy leader jobs for the first time in its history. The new director-general, herself the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO appointed of the United States and Costa Rica’s Anabel Gonzalez, along with Jean-Marie Paugam of…
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Okonjo-Iweala, Burna Boy, Omotola, among Forbes Africa’s 100 innovation, icons’ list
The Director General of the World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Omotola Ekeinde, Burna Boy, were among those that made the Forbes Africa’s “100 Innovations, Inventions and Icons from Africa list”. The globali media company and American business magazine, Forbes also named Chimamanda Adichie, Davido, Wizkid, Olugbenga Agboola, and Mr Eazi, among those that made…
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, catalyst and innovator for global finance and trade, By Chido Nwangwu
By Chido Nwangwu She is a bold name member of the Nigerian diaspora — here in the United States, and globally. She is a catalyst for progressive change and innovation in the financial centers of the world — especially in development economics. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, PhD., is the quintessential technocrat who also understands the daily grind…
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Photos: Okonjo-Iweala makes first official visit to Nigeria as WTO DG
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has made her first visit to Nigeria since she assumed office. She was received upon her arrival in the country on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo. Okonjo-Iweala told reporters in Abuja, the nation’s capital…