ON Thursday, July 16, Dele Momodu, a Nigerian journalist and publisher of The Ovation magazine claimed that Kenya’s Amina Mohammed has beaten Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General’s position.

The claim which was started with the kicker “Breaking News” was tweeted on his twitter handle @DeleMomodu around 6:30pm.

Momodu has over 1.2 million followers on his verified handle. The tweet garnered 370 likes, 170 retweets and 64 comments before it was deleted.

A news medium, City News also posted a similar report on its website.



CLAIM

The tweet reads: “Breaking News: Kenya’s Amina Mohammed beats Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for the WTO’S top Job.

The claim here is : Did Kenya’s Amina Mohammed beats Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for the WTO’s top job?

FINDINGS

Findings by THE ICIR revealed that although both Okonjo Iweala and Amina Mohammed are among the eight contestants jostling for the position of the WTO’s Director-General position, no one has been elected for the position.

While Amina Mohammed is Kenya’s candidate for the job , Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy is the Nigeria’s candidate for the same job.

A check on the WTO’s website further revealed that nomination period for the 2020 DG selection process ended on 8 July and they are currently at the phase where the candidates are being invited to meet with members at a special General Council meeting, which is scheduled to hold from 15 to 17 July.

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/spot-check-did-amina-mohammed-beat-okonjo-iweala-for-the-wtos-top-job/

Now I know why davido called uncle dele. ( Dele na my boy) cos daddy dele likes behaving like a boy .. why spread false news na

Dele Momodu and fake news.

No wonder Davido sey Mr. Dele na my boy

lol

It's not a competition, they are all excellently qualified and have put themselves up to serve the world. Any of them who emerges will be humble in victory knowing fully well others are top notch success stories already and will continue in their giant strides in other facet of life. This is not a higher institution class rep position where once you emerge, u'll think you are king because u've been given a chance to hold the class marker pen and submit your colleagues assignments.

To be candid, that Kenya woman has more brain in her fingers than Ngozi has in the whole of her puff puff body. I drew my conclusion from watching both women in the Q&A session.

JAMO84:
To be candid, that Kenya woman has more brain in her fingers than Ngozi has in the whole of her puff puff body. I drew my conclusion from watching both women in the Q&A session.

That's exactly what you SW almajiris thought about Kemi Adeosun, until she showed us what she was all about. FORGERY and INCOMPETENCE


Anyway, NOI is probably playing catch-up because she wasn't nominated early enough. If NOI wins it, it will be a miracle, but her late nomination will hurt her a little