JUST IN: NIGERIA'S NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA IS NEW WTO DG
NEWS - Posted on: 28th Oct. 2020 at 2:53PM
Nigerias former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has won the race for the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
She got 104 votes from 164 member countries defeating Yoo Myung-Hee,
South Korea’s Minister of Trate.
Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was managing director of the World Bank and had also worked as a chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
She is now the first African and first female to occupy the position of WTO DG in 25 years of its existence.
Nigerias former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has won the race for the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She got 104 votes from 164 member countries defeating Yoo Myung-Hee,
South Korea’s Minister of Trate.
Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was managing director of the World Bank and had also worked as a chairman, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
She is now the first African and first female to occupy the position of WTO DG in 25 years of its existence.
Posted by: Emdee David
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