STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASEPRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES DR NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA ON ELECTION AS DG OF WTO

On behalf of the Federal Government and all Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her election as Director General of the World Trade Organisation, bringing joy and more honour to the country. 

As the Harvard-educated and renowned economist takes up another onerous task of service to the world and humanity, the President believes her track record of integrity, diligence and passion for development will continue to yield positive results and rewards to mankind.

President Buhari affirms that Dr Okonjo-Iweala, who over the years set major records of economic reforms in Nigeria as Minister of Finance, and later Minister of Foreign Affairs, will excel in her new position and validate the global mandate of repositioning and strengthening the multilateral institution for the greater good of all.

The President joins family, friends and colleagues in wishing Dr Okonjo-Iweala well in her new endeavour.

Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President

(Media & Publicity)        

February 15, 2021

WORLD'S FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST AFRICAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION"

She was raised by her grandmother because her parents were studying abroad, when she was finally reunited with them...she held on tight!

She always wanted her father's attention and this need for attention led to a "COINCIDENCE" that changed her life!

Her father was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, a mathematical economist who was working on a paper and didn't want any disturbance but the young girl needed her father's attention...

So he picked a book off his shelf and gave his daughter to read the 1st chapter that he would ask questions later and she happily ran off to read it, happy she got her father's attention...

The book turned out to be a book in "ECONOMICS", it was boring and she didn't enjoy it but she still read it and promised herself NEVER to read "ECONOMICS"

- COINCIDENCE 1 -

A few years later at the age of 18, she had already passed her entrance exams to Cambridge and Harvard with Cambridge being her main choice...

She wanted Cambridge because she wanted to study "GEOGRAPHY" and her godmother was lobbying for her to come to Cambridge but something happened, her mother had just gained admission to Boston to do her Ph.D. and as a young teenager, it was better to stay with her mum.

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She had to go to "HARVARD" which is in Boston to stay close to her mum.

You can call this "- COINCIDENCE 2 -" as we're trying to create a pattern.

On getting to Harvard, they didn't offer her core subject "GEOGRAPHY" and the only subject close to it that could satisfy her curiosity was "ECONOMICS"

So she studied "ECONOMICS", a subject she swore never to read in a school that was never her first choice...

- COINCIDENCE 3 -

Forbes called her the "Accidental Economist" but I don't see it as "Accidental" or "Coincidence", it was God pushing her towards her destiny of greatness...

Thanks to Economics

- Former MD World Bank

- First Female Finance Minister

- Euromoney Global Finance Minister

And yesterday she became the "WORLD'S FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST AFRICAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION"

Her name is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Do you think it was a coincidence or God playing anonymous behind the scenes and directing her steps...

I believe things happen for a reason, there is no coincidence in life.

You can see how every major event in her life led to the next big event, they are all connected.

Congratulations ma Ngozi Okonjo Iweala

You've made us proud again

God's direction we pray!!!

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