Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Amina Mohammed, Okonjo’s Rival For WTO Top Post Unveils Agenda

August 10, 2020 11:21 am

Amina Mohammed, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s rival for the top post at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has pledged to push for reforms in the global trade governing body.

She also said she should be selected not because of her gender or origin, but competence.

Mohammed, a Kenyan and one of two female Africans competing for the job, had served as Kenya’s foreign affairs and international trade minister.

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She promised to update the WTO rulebook “so that it’s fit for purpose and in sync with the global developments, global aspirations …

Okonjo Remains Nigeria’s Candidate For WTO Headship, FG Insists

June 19, 2020 10:45 am

Nigeria has said that former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, remains its candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

According to it, Nigeria, like other sovereign states, reserves the right to nominate, withdraw or replace a candidate for any position, especially when a consensus has not been agreed to endorse a single candidate.

The federal government made its position known in a Note Verbale dated June 18, 2020, that was addressed to the African Union Commission, Members of the Ministerial Committee on Candidatures, among …

IMF Appoints Okonjo-Iweala Into Advisory Group

April 11, 2020 6:08 am

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was named by the IMF on Friday as a member of its External Advisory Group.

She is the only one from Africa in the 12-member group that included Mr Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia.

IMF’s Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, named the team on Friday in a statement.

She said the advisory group will provide perspectives from around the globe on key developments and policy issues, especially as the world faces the economic challenges of COVID-19.