The new director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said she may not have won her election if she did not enjoy the tremendous support of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, said this at a meeting with Mr Buhari in Abuja on Monday.
Details of the meeting were contained in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina.
“You nominated me, you wrote hundreds of letters, called up hundreds of world leaders. Without your personal and direct intervention, it may not have worked,” Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, was quoted to have said.
Read Mr Adesina’s complete assertion underneath.
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday hosted in target market Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), telling her that no matter the robust guide Nigeria gave to her candidacy for the position, “You additionally earned it. We are happy you made it, however you earned it together with your record of overall performance each at domestic and abroad.”
The President stated Mrs Okonjo-Iweala turned into putting Nigeria more on the world map, “and I congratulate you, as well as the usa. I realize you'll represent us so nicely.”
President Buhari lauded Nigerian girls yet again, pointing to key positions they preserve like Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, and lots of others. He stated the identical way, government could encourage the youths, “in order that they can be prepared for the challenges of the future.”
The new WTO DG thanked President Buhari for the pulsating help she obtained from her own united states
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