President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, August 14, welcomed the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the Aso Villa in Abuja.
Both leaders held a closed-door meeting in the nation’s capital, focusing on trade issues of national, continental and global importance.
The meeting came just two weeks before the end of Okonjo-Iweala’s first term as WTO Director-General on August 31, 2025, and the start of her second term on September 1, 2025.
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Okonjo-Iweala, a celebrated development economist and global finance expert, made history in 2021 as the first African and first woman to lead the 164-member WTO.
Meanwhile, She spoke at the launch of the Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund in Abuja on Thursday, noting that only 45 percent of Nigerians have internet access, compared to the global average of 67 percent.
Okonjo-Iweala cautioned that Nigeria’s low internet penetration could hold back the nation’s ability to benefit from the booming global digital trade market.