WTO General Council appoints Nigeria’s ex-finance minister, Okonjo-Iweala, D-G
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, DG, WTO. By Editor, International Affairs. History was made today, February 15, 2021, when the first African and first woman Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, a Harvard University trained economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed. The organization revealed this via its official tweeter handle @WTO.org.According to the tweet, “members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s…