Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is up to become the first Nigerian World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General. The two time Nigeria’s finance minister and once the foreign minister and Yoo Myung-hee, from the Republic of Korea, are the only two candidates in the finalist.
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The winner will be selected via consensus which will be concluded by the end of October. Sentiments are on the side of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the current US administration has previously criticized the WTO, stating that it is overly sided to China.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a seasoned economist and international development expert. She’s also a board member in Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the African Risk Capacity (ARC). She worked as a development economist at World Bank where she attained the position of a Managing Director, Operations (2007-2011).
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