Okonjo-Iweala

US Still Opposing Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO DG Candidature

December 19, 2020 6:56 am

The attempt by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to become the Director General of the World Trade Organisation has continued to witness opposition from the US despite her being a US citizen.

The United States in an unprecedented move suggested that the process to find a new Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened, reports say. US President, Donald Trump’s trade chief, Robert Lighthizer, in an interview with BBC News said that the WTO needs ‘someone with real experience in trade’.

The US had earlier opposed former World Bank economist and Nigeria’s candidate, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, …

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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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COVID-19: Okonjo-Iweala Gets WHO’s Appointment

April 25, 2020 7:25 am

Nigeria’s former finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was named by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as its Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that she is to serve alongside British business executive, Sir Andrew Witty in the same capacity, to mobilise international commitment to the initiative.

Director-General of the organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement during the launch of the ACT Accelerator — via webinar from Geneva.