President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala’s candidature for the World Trade Organization, WTO job by the United States of America. President Buhari who was reacting to the Press statement issued on Friday 5th February 2021, by the office of the United States Trade Representative, which said the…
Okonjo-Iweala cleared to become the first female and first African to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO), after South Korea’s candidate pulled out of the race for the job. According to reports, Okonjo-Iweala cleared to head the top job, after Yoo Myung-hee, the South Korean trade minister, announced her decision…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has endorsed Dr Nogzi Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organization (WTO) top job. Aliko Dangote gave his support to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala where he took to his official Twitter account on Tuesday 1st September 2020, to say that the former World Bank Managing Director and…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has thrown its weight behind the candidature of former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the top job of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The regional body claimed that no African has assumed the position of Director-General of the Organisation since…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, former coordinating minister for the economy, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). President Buhari withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position. The election is scheduled…
Former World Bank Managing Director, and Two-time Nigerian Former Minister of Finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala has finally confirmed her appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa as a member of the country’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). Dr Okonjo-Iweala who had before now kept her appointment by the South African…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has hailed the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala into South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Delta State is the state where the former World Bank Managing Director and two-time Nigeria’s former Finance minister, Dr Okonjo-Iweala hails from, so it is not surprising to see…
Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala on Friday attended South Africa Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) on the invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa, to discuss the economic and developmental challenges in the South African economy. Since Dr Okonjo Iweala shared photos from the meeting, there have been unconfirmed reports that the…