The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), endorsement of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, for the vacant position of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been applauded by Nigerians.<\/p>\n
This is contained in a document signed by Mahamadou Issoufou, ECOWAS president, on Friday.<\/p>\n
Roberto Azev\u00eado became the sixth Director-General of the WTO on September 1, 2013, serving a four-year term which he completed in 2017.<\/p>\n
But at a meeting of the General Council in February 2017,\u00a0WTO members agreed by consensus to appoint Roberto Azev\u00eado as Director-General for a second four-year term, which started \u00a0on September 1, 2017.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>ISSUES: Nigerians react to Osinbajo\u2019s call for national debate on expensive govt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Assuming office for the second term, DG Azev\u00eado made a detailed presentation to the February General Council outlining the successes that the membership achieved since 2013 and his vision for the next four years he is rapping up by September 1, 2020.<\/p>\n His presentation is available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier on Thursday, June 4, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, had approved the nomination of Okonjo-Iweala, former coordinating minister for the economy, for the top WTO job.<\/p>\n Furtherance to its endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala, who who Issoufou referred to as a \u201cfearless reformer,\u201d ECOWAS has called on other African countries to back her to the WTO job.<\/p>\n Nigerians have also taken to Twitter to express pass comments on the latest endorsement of Okonjo-Iweala by ECOWAS. Below are their posts:<\/p>\n Every patriotic Nigerian should be proud of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pic.twitter.com\/UlHxY8NXlk<\/a><\/p>\n — Obinna Nwosu (@obi_Nwosu) June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n