World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted
the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, President Buhari’s nominee for Director-General.
This is coming after the Egyptian
government which earlier nominated Mr. Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh for the same
position, kicked against Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination.
Egypt argued that Nigeria had violated the
rules that governed the WTO which gave a deadline of November 30th, 2019 for
African countries to submit their candidates for the Director-General position,
hence Iweala’s candidacy should not be recognized.
However, WTO disclosed it has extended the
nomination period till July 8, 2020. “According to the timetable, Accepting Dr. Ngozi’s nomination,
WTO put up a statement on its official website. It reads, “Nigeria, on
June 09 2020, nominated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO
Director-General to succeed the current Director-General, Mr Roberto Azevedo,
who has announced he will step down on 31 August 2020.”
SOURCE: HERALD
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