Breaking: Okonjo-Iweala Emerges Director General of WTO

Former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO.

Okonjo-Iweala defeated her only challenger in the final two-man race as she polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat South Korea’s Trade Minister South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee.

By this feat, Okonjo-Iweala becomes the first African to head the WTO.