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Okonjo-Iweala Commends ECOWAS For Endorsing Her WTO’s DG Candidacy

June 23, 2020 2:17 pm
Nigeria’s Former Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala has commended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for endorsing her for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

ECOWAS head, Mahamadou Issoufou, had announced the endorsement on Monday.

Issoufou acknowledged, “the strong academic and professional background of Dr Okonjo-lweala and her very large experience in national affairs as Nigeria’s Finance Minister (2003-2006 and 2011-2015) and Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister briefly in 2006″.

The tenure of the new WTO DG will be between 2021 – 2025.

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Recession: 2020 Will Be Difficult Year – Okonjo To Buhari

May 4, 2020 6:18 am

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that recession and difficult times are ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Iweala said this during an interview on Channels TV.

She urged the Buhari-led government and other African countries to diversify the economy and look for other means of revenue as difficult times are ahead occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

When asked on the effect of oil prices on economies around the world, Iweala said: “What Nigerian government needs to do is to make the economy less dependent on these commodities and that is why for the longer time, restructure the economy so

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