Okonjo-Iweala Remains Nigeria’s Candidate for WTO Headship, FG Insists via thisdaylive
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The Note Verbale is a response to an earlier statement that was attributed to the Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union, which had earlier faulted the nomination of the former minister. The document stated that the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would not be a party to any propaganda and/or actions that supplant the vision and objectives of the African Union, by supporting a willful, obviously partisan and outlandish interpretation of rules and decisions.
The federal government noted that the OLC had the opportunity to set the records straight, by admitting its obvious error in the advisory opinion provided to the Candidatures Committee at the latter’s meeting on June 4, 2020. “Hence, Nigeria’s substitution/replacement of Ambassador Yonov Frederick Agah with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as candidate for DG-WTO cannot be treated as fresh nomination for the position, and as such cannot be said, or even imagined “not to conform” with Rules 11 , 12 or indeed any of the Rules of Procedure deliberately highlighted by OLC to mislead.
“Nigeria, like other sovereign states, reserves the right to nominate, withdraw or replace a candidate for any position, especially when a consensus has not been agreed to endorse a single candidate.
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