Tag: Okonjo Iweala
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WTO DG: Buhari thanks Biden for removing ‘last obstacle’ in Okonjo-Iweala’s path
President Muhammadu Buhari has described as welcome development the pronouncement of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, signifying withdrawal of the country’s objection to the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant…
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Trump’s trade chief wants WTO reopen selection process for DG
Outgoing US President Donald Trump’s trade chief Robert Lighthizer has made the unprecedented suggestion that the World Trade Organisation(WTO) reopen the selection process for a new Director-General. According to a BBC report, Lighthizer said the WTO needs “someone with real experience in trade”, as he doubled down on the US opposition against Nigeria’s candidate, Ngozi…
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Bring back our boys now, Okonjo-Iweala tells FG
Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government to bring back the over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. According to her, those using the children as pawns must be held accountable. Okonjo-Iweala, who is the leading candidate for the job of director-general of the World…
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Okonjo-Iweala assures Nigeria access to COVID-19 vaccine
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted Okonjo-Iweala after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja. “As long…
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BREAKING: Okonjo-Iweala wins Forbes’ Africa Person of the Year 2020
Former Minster of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala and a leading candidate for the office of the Director-General. World Trade Organisation has been voted Africa Person of the Year by Forbes magazine. Among other prominent Nigerians who have won this prestigious award include, former governor of the central bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido; President of the African Development…
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We will ensure Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala gets WTO job – FG
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this known in a press statement on Thursday. The statement signed by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye, was titled, ‘Update on Ngozi…
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Why we don’t support Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala as next WTO DG – U.S.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has explained why the President Donald Trump led administration is opposed to the selection of former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The United States said it supported instead Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. She is “a bona fide trade…
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UPDATE: Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO job hunt hits new roadblock
The celebration of Nigerians and supporters of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the world at large was short-lived on Wednesday after Donald Trump-led government said the United States won’t endorse her appointment to be the next Director-General of the World Trade’s Center (WTO). It will be recalled that TheNewsGuru (TNG), had earlier published a report that the…
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Okonjo-Iweala backs #EndSars protesters: ‘Let’s join hands for a positive outcome’
Okonjo-Iweala on Sunday took a break from her pursuit for the Director-General position in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). From her statement on Twitter, she called for a united Nigeria and urged protesters to let their voices be heard peacefully. She wrote; ”I applaud the resourcefulness and courage of Nigerian youth in the #EndSARS. Powerful…
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WTO: ‘I feel the wind behind my back’, Okonjo-Iweala boasts after securing support of 79 countries
Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed satisfaction over the increasing support base she has been getting in her quest to emerge first female Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her…