President Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala for a new role
The Nigeria president Mohammed Buhari has nominated the former minister of finance Okonjo-Iweala for a new international role.
The role is for the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
This was confirmed by one of Buhari’s media aides, Bashir Ahmaad, on Twitter on Thursday night.
The president initially nominated Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO, Yono Frederick Agah, for the same role.
However Agah’s candidacy has now been withdrawn.
The election will hold in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021.
