{"id":1151,"date":"2024-07-23T08:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:05:48","slug":"1151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/07\/23\/1151\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1152\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/download-12-2-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/download-12-2-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/download-12-2.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WTO: African group votes Okonjo-Iweala for 2nd term<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The African Group at the World Trade organisation (WTO) presented a proposal at its General Council (GC) to re-elect Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general of the<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adebayo Thomas, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, said this in a statement in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, the proposal is for members to consider Okonjo-Iweala to run for another term as chief executive officer of the organisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the proposal was to also enable the Chair of the General Council (GC) to commence the process of the appointment of the director-general as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He quoted Amb. Abdulhamid Adamu, Nigeria\u2019s Permanent Representative to WTO, at the GC, as saying that members debated on the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd all members pointed to all the efforts and qualities of Okonjo-Iweala and her contributions to the organisation which enhanced a lot of progress and development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey all affirmed that she deserves to be reappointed as the director-general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll the members in the meeting from all regions that took the floor, almost 58 members, supported the proposal,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that members resolved that the General Council Chair should start consultations on the process of appointment as soon as approved by council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding, Okonjo-Iweala thanked all members and assured to respond soonest with her acceptance after consultation with family members. 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