Tag: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala

  • NCWS urges prayers as Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala seeks WTO top seat

    The National Council of Women’s Societies (NCWS) has called for prayers, especially among women, for Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to win her bid to be elected as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday quoted Mrs Laraba Shoda, NCWS President, as pleading with all Nigerians to support Okonjo-Iweala’s aspiration…

  • Nigeria’s candidate for WTO chief prioritizes fixing dispute settlement system if selected

    Nigeria’s candidate for the top job of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said fixing the Geneva-based body’s dispute settlement system would be one of her priorities, if selected as the new chief of the WTO. Okonjo-Iweala, who is competing with seven other nominees for the position of director-general of the WTO, told Xinhua…

  • Okonjo-Iweala urges WTO to elect DG on merit, says she’s well suited

    Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday in Geneva stressed the need for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to elect a credible candidate based on merit for the position of Director-General. Okonjo-Iweala who is among the eight candidates vying for the position, stated this while answering questions from newsmen at a press conference held shortly after her…