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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment will boost trade relations in the world — NUTAG On Kindly Share This Story: The Nigerian Union of Traders in Ghana (NUTAG), said the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) would boost trade cooperation around the world. The President of the union, Mr  Chukwuemeka Nnaji, stated this on Monday during a telephone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala emerged as the unanimous choice for the position of DG, becoming the trade body’s first female and first ...

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Makes history as first female, first African head of global trade body The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its Director General. Okonjo-Iweala was affirmed as the new head of WTO at a special meeting of its General Council on Monday. With her emergence as DG, Okonjo-Iweala becomes the first woman, first African and first black person to head the global trade body. WTO had been without a substantive head since its former director general, Roberto Azevêdo, a Brazilian, resigned on August 31, 2020. Okonjo-Iwea...

Former World Bank vice-president wants trade body to focus on raising living standards in the wake of the pandemic

Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, may be confirmed as the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) next Director-General on Monday,