Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Wins WTO Director General Election

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.

News Rain Nigeria gathered that Nigeria’s nominee for the office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation has won the highly competitive race.

It was gathered that Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the final candidate for the much-coveted role. She polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat how South Korea’s trade minister at the final stage of the race.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Wins WTO Director-General Election

She has broken many records, including becoming the first African to occupy win that office at the WTO.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-born economist and international development, expert. She sits on the Boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Twitter, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and the African Risk Capacity (ARC).

She spent a 25-year career at the World Bank as a development economist, scaling the ranks to the Number 2 position of Managing Director, Operations (2007–2011). She also served two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria (2003–2006, 2011–2015) under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan respectively.