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A former Nigerian Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been chosen as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Ms Okonjo-Iweala will assume office on 1 March 2021 and will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire
GENEVA (REUTERS) - Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala received unanimous backing on Monday (Feb 15) to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organisation. A self-declared “doer” with a track record of taking on seemingly intractable problems, Okonjo-Iweala will have her work cut out for her at the trade body, even with Donald Trump, who had threatened to pull the United States out of the organisation, no longer in the White House. As director-general, a position that wields...
As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.
As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.
With Donald Trump’s departure, it was only a matter of time before Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to run the World Trade Organization. Joe Biden could have maintained Washington’s objection to the former Nigerian finance minister becoming the first woman and the first African to run the Geneva-based body, but has sensibly decided not to. Like the football manager taking over a team struggling at the bottom of the table, Okonjo-Iweala is in...