Nigeria’s ex-finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has emerged the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO).
The former minister, polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her South Korea’s trade minister opponent, at the final stage of the race.
She has broken many records, including becoming the first African and first woman to occupy that office at the WTO.
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