Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala For WTO DG Position

Posted on June 4, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Dr, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former coordinating minister for the economy, for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

According to report by TheCable on Thursday, President Buhari was said to have withdrawn the candidacy of Mr. Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, for the same position.

The election is scheduled to hold in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021 for a four-year term that would run from 2021 to 2025.

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