Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala set to become first female DG of WTO

Lawal Shereef Babatunde



Nigerian set to become first female DG of the International Organization

The race was recently narrowed down to two candidates,with the former Nigerian minister pitted against South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee


A key group of World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors has proposed Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the organisation, trade sources told Reuters News Agency on Wednesday, thereby creating a pathway for her to become the first woman and African to head the global watchdog in its 25-year history.

The proposal, which still needs full WTO approval next month, caps a more than four-month selection process involving intensive lobbying which saw her square up against South Korean trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee, in the final round.

The recommendation of Okonjo-Iweala was made by three WTO ambassadors, the so-called “troika”, after consulting with members in a series of closed-door meetings in Geneva as part of an intricate and opaque process that some have compared to a papal succession.

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