EU assures Buhari of support for Okonjo-Iweala as WTO DG

President Muhammadu Buhari says Europe has reiterated its support for Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that Buhari confirmed this at the end of a video conference with President of the European Council, Mr .Charles Michel, on Friday in Abuja.

The president is leading Nigeria’s campaign for Okonjo-Iweala, the country’s former Minister of Finance, to emerge as the first black and first female WTO DG.
Buhari thanked the Council for its support for Nigeria’s candidate.
“Also discussed during the conference were issues bordering on debt relief for Africa, EU-African relations, recharge of the Lake Chad, which has currently shrunk to less than one-third of its usual size and throwing about 130 million people who depend on the Lake into dire straits,” Adesina said.
The recharge of the Lake Chad is an issue the Nigerian President had vigorously canvassed at various global fora in recent times.
Buhari expressed appreciation to Michel for anticipated positive developments on the issues. (The Eye Witness)