Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, makes history as the first woman and African to head the World Trade Organization after confirmed DG of the trade body during a meeting of the WTO.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,66, who formerly served as Nigeria’s finance minister and spent 25 years at the World Bank, where she rose to the number-two position of managing director – was appointed Monday to head the leading international trade body as it seeks to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.
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She was appointed director-general of the World Trade Organization by representatives of the 164 member countries, according to a statement from the body. The United States government had last week announced its endorsement of Mrs Okonjo-Iweala for the top job.
Her prioty Nozi has said would be to quickly address the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and to “implement the policy responses we need to get the global economy going again.”