By Olawale Lamina
No fewer than 58 World Trade Organization, WTO, members have supported a proposal from the African Group, rooting for the Director-General ,Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to run for a second term of another four years.
This was revealed in a statement released by the WTO on its website on Monda
The statement indicated that 58 WTO members expressed their support during a meeting of the WTO General Council held on July 22.
The members endorsed the African Group’s call for an early commencement of the process of selection and requested Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be available for a second term as Director-General, WTO.
Part of the statement read: “Fifty-eight WTO members took the floor at a 22 July meeting of the WTO General Council to voice support for a proposal from the African Group calling for an early start to the Director-General selection process and asking the incumbent, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to make herself available to serve a second term.”
The fifty-eight members, according to the statement, including several representing groups, voiced their comments and support for the African Group’s proposal.
They called on DG Okonjo-Iweala to declare her intentions for a second term in her office early enough, even as they acknowledged her virtues of hard work and achievements during her first term.
Responding, the DG WTO expressed gratitude for the members’ support and said, “Everything that I’ve accomplished, we’ve accomplished together.” She expressed the fact of her being favourably inclined, even as she promised to convey her decision soon.
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