The President Donald Trump led administration has rejected the appointment of Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo as the Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO.
The US position is championed by the US trade Representative, Robert Emmet Lighthizer, a Republican whose forebears served in the Confederate Army.
Recall that same way Donald Trump opposed Akinwunmi Adesina for AFDB President.
It is on record that Trump’s administration then tried to stop Adesina’s second term at the African Development Bank.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation , “The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank’s Nigerian head.” In the end, Adesina was cleared and reelected despite U.S underhand.
At the time of filing this report, the WTO’s bid to pick its new leader has been plunged into uncertainty for this reason, according to Reuters.
Meanwhile, the organisation has set a meeting to settle the matter for November 9, 2020 less than a week after the U.S presidential election.
However, there is no room to panic! As Ngozi has polled 104 votes from 164 member countries and from all indication, Ngozi is good as being as DG of WTO in advance.
