’Eko Hot Blog reports that Hon. Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Tuesday visited Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The NiDCOM boss was received at the Director General’s Office, World Trade Organization, situated at the Centre William Rappard in Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland. … Read more
Calls on Nigerians to endeavor to stay united EkoHotBlog reports that the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on Nigerians to relax and stay united, noting that the attacks on her over her picture with President Tinubu were unnecessary. She noted that the controversy surrounding why her picture with President Tinubu … Read more
BREAKING: WTO Shortlists Okonjo-Iweala For finals Ekohotblog eptember 18, 2020 Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been shortlisted as one of the final candidates for the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This come after the body dropped three candidates, Mexico’s Jesus Seade, Egypt’s Hamid Mamdouh and Moldova’s Tudor Ulianovschi from the contest. … Read more
The Republic of Benin has revealed why it dropped it’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) candidate for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Ekohotblog understands that the West African country disclosed that it pulled its candidate out of the race to enable Okonjo-Iweala to get stronger backing during the election – this creates a problem for Egypt. It was reported … Read more
World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination as one of the candidates for the office of the Director-General. “Nigeria, on 9 June 2020, nominated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO Director-General to succeed the current Director-General, Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, who has announced he will step down on 31 August 2020,” the … Read more