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Nigeria: House of Reps Backs Okonjo-Iweala for Top World Trade Organization Job
Premium Times, 14 July 2020
The Nigerian House of Representatives has endorsed a former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to clinch the post of Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Backs Okonjo-Iweala for World Trade Organization Election
Premium Times, 22 June 2020
The Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of the former Coordinating Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala Remains Nigeria's Candidate for WTO Headship, Govt Insists
This Day, 19 June 2020
Nigeria has said that former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, remains its candidate for the position of the Director General… Read more »
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Africa: WTO - Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination Violates AU Rules - Official
Premium Times, 18 June 2020
The Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union has said that the candidature of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation's director-general position is not in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Passionate Support for Adesina and Okonjo-Iweala - a Second Re-Invention of Buhari?
Daily Trust, 11 June 2020
It is gratifying that despite opposition from the United States, the Buhari government not only remained resolute in its support for the re-election bid of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as… Read more »
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Nigeria: Now That the WTO Has Accepted Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination
Premium Times, 11 June 2020
Considering the eminent qualification and robust of mettle of Nigeria's nominee for the WTO top job, it is evident that the noble objective of the African Union to create a single… Read more »
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Nigeria: WTO Ignores Egypt, Accepts Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination As DG
This Day, 10 June 2020
World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday said it had received the nomination of Nigeria's former Minister of Finance and former Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank,… Read more »
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Nigeria: WTO Names Okonjo-Iweala Among Candidates for DG Election
Premium Times, 10 June 2020
The World Trade Organisation (WTO), on Tuesday, named Nigeria's candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, among the three candidates whose nominations have so far been accepted to vie for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nomination for WTO DG Closes July 8
This Day, 9 June 2020
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has disclosed that the nomination period for the position of its Director General closes on July 8, 2020. Read more »
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Egypt: Okonjo-Iweala, Akinwumi Adesina and Our Friend, Egypt
Premium Times, 9 June 2020
... Nigeria has two irons in the fire at the same time. I bet Egypt knows that as well. And there lies a possible intersection between the contest for the director general of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: In Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination to Lead WTO, Nigeria Faces Risks
Premium Times, 9 June 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari's nomination of a former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation puts Nigeria… Read more »
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Africa: Okonjo-Iweala, WTO and Challenges Ahead
This Day, 8 June 2020
Chukwuma Okonkwo urges Africa to present a united front by rallying behind one candidate. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Announces Candidate for World Trade Organisation's Director-General Election
Premium Times, 5 June 2020
Nigeria has nominated a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its candidate for the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) election coming up next… Read more »
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Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala Appointed Into IMF External Advisory Group
This Day, 11 April 2020
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has appointed Nigeria's two-term Minister of Finance and former Managing Director… Read more »
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala WTO Bid Stirs Controversy
The nomination by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post director-general of the World Trade Organisation has encountered opposition. The economist sits on several boards, including Twitter and Standard Chartered Bank. She worked at the World Bank for 25 years, including four years as the World Bank Group Managing Director. She served two terms as Nigeria's finance minister - first under president Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2006 and under president Goodluck Jonathan from 2011 to 2015. In March, she was appointed a member of South Africa's Presidential Economic Advisory Council. According to a Premium Times report, the Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union has said her candidature for the WTO post is not in line with extant rules.
InFocus
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South Africa has held talks with Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to assist the country in overcoming its recession. South Africa is currently experiencing ... Read more »
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied making statements allegedly blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the economic situation in the country. Various news outlets had carried a story ... Read more »
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has served as Nigeria's minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy under former president Goodluck Jonathan for four years. Before that, she ... Read more »
