President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, received the Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
Tinubu and Okonjo-Iweala were in a closed-door meeting at the nation’s capital, where they discussed trade matters as they relate to national, continental and global relevance.
Tinubu’s meeting with Okonjo-Iweala is coming two weeks before the expiration of her first term as WTO boss on August 31, 2025, and the commencement of her second term on September 1, 2025.
The renowned development economist and global finance expert made history in 2021 as the first African and first woman to lead the 164-nation-member WTO.
Tinubu had expressed confidence that Okonjo-Iweala’s continued leadership would strengthen the international economic organisation’s role as a critical pillar of inclusive global economic growth and good governance in the next four years.