Nigeria’s former finance minister and nominee for the office of the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged winner of the highly competitive race. The former minister polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her South Korea’s trade minister opponent, at the final stage of the race
She has broken many records, including becoming the first African to occupy that office at the WTO.
