Tag: WTO
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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…
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WTO job: What Buhari told Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja 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). Dr Okonjo-Iweala is one of two candidates contesting for the top position of the…
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[BREAKING] Buhari, Okonjo-Iweala meet in Abuja as race for WTO job thickens
President Muhammadu Buhari and a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are currently meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala is in the race to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. She was led to the meeting with the President by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Minister of State…
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Just in: Okonjo-Iweala reacts to reports of her ‘appointment’ as DG of WTO
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to reports published in some quarters of the media that she has been appointed the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Dr Okonjo-Iweala through her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu clarified that the former finance minister has not yet been declared winner of the contest. The statement reads: “The…
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WTO set to get first female DG as Okonjo-Iweala, Yoo advance to final stage
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to have its first female leader after Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee made it through to the third and final stage on Thursday. Whoever wins the contest with a decision due before November 7 will take over an organisation mired in multiple crises and struggling…
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European Union backs Okonjo-Iweala for WTO job
The European Union governments on Monday expressed support for Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the race enters the final month. Bloomberg reported that the EU governments also agreed in Brussels to select the South Korean candidate, Yoo Myung-hee, who is the country’s trade…
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WTO: ECOWAS leaders heed Buhari’s request, declare support for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s request, Presidents of West African countries have reiterated their support to the victory of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only candidate supported by the sub-region for the position of Director-General of the World Trade organization. They also urged Africa to unite behind her candidacy as the continent’s best option in the…
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Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala tops five shortlisted candidates for WTO job
The World Trade Organisation, WTO has pruned to five the field of contenders for its vacant position of director-general, with Nigeria’s candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, top on the list. The decision was announced today following a meeting of WTO General Council Chair, David Walker and two co-facilitators in the DG selection process, Amb. Dacio Castillo of…
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Okonjo-Iweala gets American citizenship, boosts chances of WTO job
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a two-time minister of finance in Nigeria, has taken American citizenship — more than 30 years after she studied in the United States. Okonjo-Iweala obtained American citizenship in 2019, her spokeswoman told Bloomberg News, after spending most of her career at the World Bank and living in the Washington suburbs. It’s not uncommon…
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Okonjo-Iweala, the WTO and a naysayer – Chuks Iloegbunam
Chuks Iloegbunam If the current controversy surrounding the search for a replacement for the outgoing director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, were not global and intense, it would mean that the position was worth little more than a sinecure. Appointed in 2013, Mr. de Azevedo has served notice that…