WTO To Facilitate Trade, Investments In Nigeria
The Director-General, World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that the global trade agency was working to facilitate trade and investments in Nigeria.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala explained that the WTO under her leadership was involved in the actualization of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement to enable Nigeria to benefit more economically.
This, she said, would generate more industries, manufacturing, and also increase trade between Nigeria and other countries.
Okonjo-Iweala spoke from Geneva at the 2021 National Diaspora Day webinar with the theme, ‘Diaspora Integration for National Peace and Development’, moderated by the Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in Abuja on Sunday.
The former World Bank Managing Director pointed out that the WTO was also focused on facilitating production of vaccines in Africa.
According her, the WTO is working with the International Trade Centre to assist small and medium scale businesses to upgrade their products to meet international standards for export.
