FORMER Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be among 3 other females and 5 males that will be screened for the position of Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO).
At the close of nomination of candidates on July 8, Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh (Egypt), Amina Mohamed (Kenya), Jesús Kuri (Mexico), Tudor Ulianovschi (Moldova), Yoo Myung-hee (Korea), Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri (Saudi Arabia), and Liam Fox (UK) were nominated to slug it out with Delta-born Okonjo-Iweala.
Nigeria is one of the founding members of the international trade negotiation and dispute settlement body established on January 1, 1995, and it is fielding Okonjo-Iweala as a replacement for the incumbent DG, Roberto Azevêdo, who will leave office on August 31, 2020.
Iweala who has many qualifications and experience in her kitty is expected to appear before WTO members at 3 pm Nigerian time to answer questions about what she can do as WTO Director-General.
