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Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African WTO boss
GENEVA, Feb 15, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
was appointed Monday as the first female and first African head of the World
Trade Organization, at a special general meeting.
“WTO members have just agreed to appoint Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the
next director-general,” the global trade body said in a statement, adding
that the former Nigerian finance minister and World Bank veteran will take up
her post on March 1.
BSS/AFP/IJ/2036 hrs