, and awarded honorary degrees from 15 universities worldwide. She is truly a global icon, a world citizen!
But no African has led the organisation. Of the eight candidates for the next DG, three are from Africa, two each from Europe and Asia and one from North America. Later, a police officer told her personal assistant to tell her boss “to keep calm”, adding: “It was nothing but politics.” Okonjo-Iweala wrote that the Buhari administration’s anti-corruption campaign was being used “to settle scores and intimidate”. So, she wouldn’t have been President Buhari’s first choice.
Although the WTO dismissed Egypt’s request, the issue has needlessly created ill-feelings among African countries. What’s more, the way Agah was dropped in favour of Okonjo-Iweala reportedly caused some consternation in Geneva. It was a fitting recognition of his outstanding leadership of the 2011 ministerial conference and other important leadership roles in the WTO.
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