Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has applauded the emergence of Nigeria’s former Minister for Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
The DESOPADEC boss in a statement yesterday, said: “At a time our country is bogged down by unsavoury tales of violence, economic recession and threats to law and order, news of the eventual emergence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director General of the World Trade Organisation has brought a lot of cheer and soul lifting to Nigerians of all persuasions.
“To our dear sister, we at Delta Sate Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, celebrate your consensus election as the first African, first female Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. We congratulate and celebrate you for once again bringing Delta State and Nigeria into global recognition.
“With your unblemished background as a development economist and long-running worldwide achievements, I am confident you will achieve meaningful multilateral agreements and trade-monitoring functions consistent with 21st-century world trade.
“As the world anxiously awaits your reforms and rejuvenation of the trade body, there are no doubts about your capabilities in striking a balance in checkmating the paralysis that has lately been the bane of the WTO and effectively promote free and fair trade across the world.”
