Tag: World Trade Organisation (WTO)
How WTO will support Tinubu’s government: Okonjo-Iweala
She said the measure she discussed with Tinubu could help cushion the impact of ending a subsidy on petrol that…
Okonjo-Iweala appoints 2 women out of 4 WTO DDGs
WTO director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has announced the appointment of her four Deputy Directors-General, with two women among them.
Okonjo-Iweala invites Big Pharma to Geneva, over COVID vaccine inequity
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the World Trade Organisation said she has called a meeting for 14 April in Geneva…
How Africa can benefit from Okonjo-Iweala led WTO
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the organisation would work to deliver technical assistance…
WTO tells COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to scale up production in developing countries
World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on pharmaceutical companies to scale up the production of COVID-19 vaccines…
Okonjo-Iweala makes African fashion statement on Day One at WTO [Photos]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reported for her historic duty at the Geneva office of the World Trade Organisation on Monday with trademark…
Okonjo-Iweala: Appointment well deserved – LCCI boss
The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje, said the appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as…
Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment ‘a milestone achievement’: Women entrepreneurs
Some women entrepreneurs have described the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General, World Trade Organisation, as a milestone achievement…
Okonjo-Iweala has brought honour to Nigeria: Ayade
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the confirmation of her appointment as the new…
Buhari, Atiku, Barkindo congratulate Okonjo-Iweala on WTO job
Messages of congratulations have poured for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the newly appointed director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala appointed as WTO Director-General
The General Council has appointed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from Nigeria as the next WTO Director-General.
JUST IN: Okonjo-Iweala to be confirmed today as WTO leader
It's coronation day for Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as she looks set to be confirmed today as the first woman and…
WTO Council in final moves to announce Okonjo-Iweala as DG
World Trade Organisation (WTO) members are in final consultations to fix a date for a meeting to endorse the appointment…
Okonjo-Iweala: Buhari praises shift in US policy on WTO
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the withdrawal of the US objection to the emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director…
WHO chief Tedros congratulates Okonjo-Iweala
World Health Organisation director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has congratulated Nigeria's Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as she is set to become the…
At last, US backs Okonjo-Iweala for DG, WTO job
The United States has at last backed Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the Director General position…
What Okonjo-Iweala will do if elected for WTO post
A Trade Expert, Dr Sand Mba-Kalu, has said that electing Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) would…
WTO postpones indefinitely meeting to pick new DG
The World Trade Organisation has postponed a meeting where members are expected to pick a new Director-General after the United…
U.S. states reason for blocking Okonjo-Iweala at WTO
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative explained why the Trump administration is opposed to former Nigerian finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,…
Trump administration rejects Okonjo-Iweala as WTO chief
Donald Trump's United States is playing the spoiler in rejecting the candidacy of Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next World…
Buhari to Okonjo-Iweala: We’ll push and push until you win WTO post
President Buhari assured Nigeria’s ex- Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that the country will deploy its entire energy to…
WTO DG: Okonjo-Iweala makes final round, 3 candidates drop
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, are the two candidates left in the final round of the race…
Okonjo-Iweala scales WTO first hurdle, makes shortlist of 5
The World Trade Organisation, WTO has pruned to five the field of contenders for its vacant position of director-general, with…
WTO angers Trump administration with ruling on China tariffs
The World Trade Organisation has left the Trump administration fuming after it ruled that the United States breached global trading…
Okonjo-Iweala reiterates WTO’s role in vaccine production
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Okonjo-Iweala: The woman for the toughest jobs
By Olalekan Adigun So much has been said and written about the person of Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She is…
Okonjo-Iweala: My priorities as WTO chief
Nigeria's candidate for the top job of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said fixing the Geneva-based body's dispute…
Okonjo-Iweala: How the next WTO chief will be chosen
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's candidate for the headship of the World Trade Organisation, faces a tough contest for the job.
Trump takes aim at China’s developing nation status at WTO
The Trump administration is looking to reform the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by removing countries like China from a list…
Canada drags U.S. to World Trade Organisation
Canada has launched a wide-ranging trade complaint against the U. S., the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a dispute…