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Okonjo-Iweala Rallies Nigeria to Increase Trade, Improve Economy

•Her record of performance earned her the job, says Buhari By Deji Elumoye, Ndubuisi Francis and James Emejo The visiting Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed WTO’s willingness to assist the country in surmounting limitations to trade in order to increase its global share of commerce and boost its economy, pointing out that agriculture could also boost Nigeria’s share of African trade, currently at about 19 per cent. Okonjo-Iweala in her first working visit since she came into office also spoke on ARISE NEWS Channel, the broadcast arm of THISDAY Newspapers, and admonished Nigeria to begin to transit from fossil fuel as the world is moving in the direction of cleaner energy.

Invest in knowledge generation and capacity-building to tackle climate change

Bangladesh is planning to adapt to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change and aiming to become a resilient country by 2030, as both the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change goals are supposed to be achieved by that year. At the same time, we are looking forward to graduating out of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) status in the next few years and need to also plan this transition carefully. One important dimension of transitioning from being an LDC to becoming a developing country is for knowledge generation and capacity-building to be carried out by our own citizens, rather than depending on international consultants to provide us with technical assistance.

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