Etim Ekpimah
Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has become Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO.
Iweala emerged winner of the highly competitive race after polling 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her opponent, South Korea’s Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee.
With this, Iweala becomes the first female and first African to occupy the office.
It will be remembered that Iweala had received support from 79 countries.
Speaking during a virtual press conference on Friday, she had informed that the 55-man African Union (AU) officially endorsed her over her only opponent, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea.