Tag: World Trade Organisation
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Okonjo-Iweala: WTO shifts meeting to pick new DG
The World Trade Organisation has postponed a meeting where members are expected to pick a new Director-General after the United States blocked the favoured candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The WTO earlier announced that the meeting would hold next week. But a communication seen by AFP showed that the meeting has been postponed indefinitely. “It has come…
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WTO: Abia community holds prayer session for Iweala
Umuda Isingwu Community in Umuahia North Local Government Area, Abia, on Friday prayed for the final declaration of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General (D-G) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The one-day prayer summit tagged “God’s Sovereignty to Over Rule’’, which held at the village square, was attended by many members of the community,…
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WTO: Nigeria lobbies US, others over Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy
The Federal Government on Friday announced that it was currently reaching out to the United States and other members of the World Trade Organisation to clear all bottlenecks to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as Director-General of the WTO. Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, who doubles as the Chairperson of the…
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How US is blocking Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as WTO DG
Key WTO ambassadors tapped Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Wednesday as the best pick to lead the organisation but she was opposed by Washington, who said it supported South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee instead. The so-called troika of ambassadors heading the World Trade Organization’s three main branches determined after four months of consultations with member states…
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WTO: We’re with Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala, EU declares
Nigerian former finance ministrer Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala picked up crucial backing from the EU on Monday in bid to lead WTO , sources said, giving her bid to become the first African head of the WTO a major boost. The World Trade Organization will announce its new director general next month, but sources said the EU…
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WTO: ‘I feel the wind behind my back’ Okonjo-Iweala
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organization after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her over her sole remaining opponent, Yoo…
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala meets Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Okonjo-Iweala is running to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and has already emerged as one…
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Endorse Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy, FG urges WTO
The Federal Government on Thursday urged members of the World Trade Organisation to certify the candidacy of former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the job of director-general. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, made this call in a statement on Thursday, according to the News Agency of…
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala for screening today
The race for who becomes the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation enters a new phase this week as eight candidates from four continents appear before WTO members to share their visions. Following the nomination stage which closed on July 8, the five male and three female candidates will, from July 15 to 17,…
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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…