ECOWAS Endorses Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Director-General Post
The statement signed by the President of ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, comes as a big boost to Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy after the African Union had last week rejected her nomination.
According to the ECOWAS leader, the body’s endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala also followed the information it got from chairman of the General Council of the WTO informing the regional body of her nomination alongside four others for the role. ECOWAS said it also took the decision 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 added that since the inception of the WTO, no African has worked as the DG of the body, making the endorsement more appropriate. Issoufou, therefore, called on other African and non-African countries to back the former World Bank Managing Director’s candidacy, saying Africa needs a strong representative in the WTO election.
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