The Economic Community of West African States has certified the candidacy of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation.
Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Coordinating Minister of the Economy, had been nominated for the top job by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari .
This was contained in a statement signed by the President of Niger Republic, H.E. Mahamadou Issoufou, on behalf of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. The leaders of the regional bloc said the endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala’s candidature is conditioned on her academic and vast experience. “Having acknowledged the strong academic and professional background of Dr Okonjo-Iweala and her very large experience in national affairs as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister briefly in 2006,” the statement partly read.
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