WTO: Lawan, Ekweremadu, Ayade, Ikpeazu Congratulate Okonjo-Iweala

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Lawan, in a congratulatory message issued by his Special Adviser (Media), Mr Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja on Monday, also congratulated Nigeria on her latest feat on the international stage.
“I heartily rejoice with Dr Okonjo-Iweala on this well-deserved victory.
“With her latest feat, the former Nigerian Minister of Finance and Managing Director of the World Bank, has again brought honour to Nigeria, Africa and women everywhere,” he said.
The Senate President urged the new Director-General to deploy her intellect, experience, energy and integrity in leading the WTO to promote global prosperity through fair trade.
According to Lawan, her task has been made even more onerous by the havoc that the COVID-19 had wrecked on economies across the world.
He prayed Almighty God to imbue her with good health and wisdom to succeed in the task.
Similarly, a former Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has described the emergence of Okonjo-Iweala as “historic and momentous’’.
Ekweremadu’s Media Aide, Mr Uche Anichukwu, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
He said: “I join the rest of the world to congratulate our sister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her well deserved emergence as the DG of the WTO.
“This is a historic and momentous achievement, not only for Nigeria, but also for the entire Africa.
“No doubt she has the poise, experience, flair, pedigree, reach, and global acceptance to excel in her new office.
“With her emergence, the much needed transformation and democratisation of the WTO to play its expected role in the 21st century global economy is imminent.”
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has also congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the confirmation of her appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The governor’s goodwill message is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Christian Ita, on Tuesday in Calabar.
Ayade described the new WTO D-G as the “poster girl of unassailable attainments and a record breaker who has continually proved her mettle and brought honour to the country’’.
“We are extremely proud of one of our very best; our own dear Ngozi who has just emerged the first African, first woman and the first black Director-General of WTO.
“As Finance Minister, Foreign Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Okonjo-Iweala brilliantly distinguished herself to the applause of her countrymen and women and to the admiration of the world.
“It is not therefore, a surprise that the international community found her suitable for the exalted office of the WTO,’’ the statement said.
On his part, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State described the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as “historic’’.
Ikpeazu stated this late Monday in Umuahia in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chief Onyebuchi Ememanka.
Ikpeazu said the new Director-General had a track record and pedigree that had made her a history maker, pace-setter and powerful pathfinder for the women on the global scene.