The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has announced Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its Director-General.
Okonjo-Iweala was affirmed as the new head of WTO at a special meeting of its General Council on Monday.
With her emergence as DG, Okonjo-Iweala becomes the first woman, first African, and first black person to head the global trade body.
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Meet Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria, the next Director-General of the WTO. #WTODG@NOIweala pic.twitter.com/xWjm2p1lbH
— WTO (@wto) February 15, 2021