Tag: WTO Job
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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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79 countries endorse Okonjo-Iweala’s for WTO job
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence on Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organisation after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her over her sole remaining opponent,…
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Okonjo-Iweala reaches final stage for WTO DG Job, three candidates drop
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, are the two candidates left in the final round of the race to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to reports. The United Kingdom’s Liam Fox, Kenya’s Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril, and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri did not secure enough support in the second round…
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Reps back Okonjo-Iweala’s bid for WTO job, urge Egypt, Kenya to drop candidates
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution, giving their support to former Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as she aims for the post of Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) next month. The motion to back the former finance minister and one-time Managing Director of the World Bank was moved by the…