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Okonjo-Iweala Gets to Final Stage in Race for WTO Job

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For the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Nigeria’s candidate Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been selected. She is one of the two female candidates to proceed to the final stage in the race to lead the Geneva-based global trade body. 

With this development of phase, history is set to be made as WTO is expected to have its first female director-general in its 25-year history. WTO’s General Council Chairman, Mr. David Walker, is expected to officially announce the results to the institution’s delegates in Geneva this morning. The third and final phase of the process would begin later this month and end on November 6, after which the WTO would name a consensus winner of the race.

Data source: All Africa news

TOA Correspondent

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