Okonjo-Iweala reappointed as DG of World Trade Organization for second term

General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its director-general for a second term. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, WTO said the reappointment will take effect on September 1, 2025. The former Nigerian Minister of Finance assumed office as the seventh Director-General of the […]

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Okonjo-Iweala, WTO and Africa’s Chances, By Reuben Abati

The announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Nigeria’s nominated candidate for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which would now be vacant by September 1, 2020, and not 2021, following the incumbent’s decision to take his exit a year earlier was received with great excitement among Nigerians. This enthusiasm […]

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Okonjo-Iweala got Nigeria out of debt, we are back in it –Buhari’s former minister (Video)

The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed, says the two-time minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, spent years to get Nigeria out of debt. She, however, said the country was now back to worrying levels of debt. A video published by the International Monetary Fund, (IMF) on Wednesday shows Amina Mohammed, the immediate […]

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