Nigeria’s nominee for the office of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged winner of the highly coveted position.
Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the final candidate according to The Cable reports.
This makes her the first African to occupy that office at the WTO.
She reportedly polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat the South Korea’s trade minister at the final stage of the race.
The official announcement is expected to be made by the WTO at 3pm Nigerian time.
