Tag: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

  • WTO job: We’re with you, ECOWAS tells Okonjo-Iweala

    WTO job: We’re with you, ECOWAS tells Okonjo-Iweala

    The Heads of State and Governments of the 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have endorsed the candidature of Nigeria’s two-term former minister and erstwhile Managing Director (Operations) of the World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The West African leaders made…

  • WTO: Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination late, invalid — Egypt

    WTO: Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination late, invalid — Egypt

    The nomination of former Minister of Finance under the former President Goodluck Jonathan administration, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation top job seem to have run into troubled waters as Egypt has requested that her nomination to contest for the office of the director-general should not be recognised. In a letter to States…