eeetuk:
Ngozi Iweala is pushing to become WTO chair
person because she is an American citizen.

According to recent reports, she claimed US citizenship upon hearing that WTO job would soon become vacant.

That to me disqualified her for any consideration.
Chair person of WTO is a person who has years of experience in trade issues. Ngozi Iweala has none experience in trade issues.

So, I write to call on Ngozi Iweala to immediately remove her name from consideration on WTO job. Save yourself and the world another global embarrassment.

God have mercy on this ugly and shameless woman.

tstx:
Igbo Amaka

millionboi2:
Buhari go affect dis woman

uvie66:
But come to think of it if we are not blinded by nationalism, this Myung-Hee Woman have more experience than Okonjo. She has been with the WTO for more than twenty years.

binghammer:
I don't think Donald Trump likes Nigeria much. I'm sure he believes people here still live in huts.

Kennitrust:
The world without Muslim would be a beautiful place!

Chizzychinny:

You want to cause fight abi

wingmanIII:
COPIED

I have been reading some of the simplistic notions about why the US did not support NOI for the WTO DG position.

Even some of the most sophisticated thinkers and posters on this street reduced it to the most basic of their primordial instincts, race and racism. What a shame. She is a dual citizen (Nigeria and USA) and if citizenship or permanent residency of the US was the simple consideration, she probably would have been the candidate of choice for the US. And not only for the current role but also for position of World Bank President - which she sought - for which the previous US administration backed a Korean-American, and one without any significant background in finance, Jim Yong Kim, a physician and anthropologist.

One would have expected a little more complex thinking and a deeper understanding of US interests, its trade relationship with South Korea and other Asian countries, and the role of China in their analyses. None touched on the likely role of China in the WTO in the event of a NOI victory versus what a Korean victory is likely to mean for US-China increasingly complex and fractious trade disputes. China's support for Nigeria and NOI is not altruistic. The country is already aiming for one of the DDG positions that is open with an understanding that an Asian at the top of the WTO will foreclose that possibility. Of course, the US, which already has misgivings about the influence of China in the WTO (and other international organizations), doesn't want the country in a much stronger position of influence within the body. Hence, it makes sense to seek ways to block the Chinese aspirations and supporting a candidate whose background will effectively accomplish that goal is one such approach.

The trade relationship between the US and South Korea is a huge one and an amended agreement was signed last year, one led by the Korean candidate, Yoo Myung-hee. Japan, another huge US trade partner, for a different set of reasons connected with a trade dispute, is against the Korean but not necessarily in favor an expanded or exaggerated Chinese influence. There is also the concern that the Chinese may exert undue influence on NOI through Nigeria, her sponsor for the role. Whether this will be a real concern remains to be seen but such fears should not be dismissed. These are some of the issues playing out in the reluctance of the US to support NOI, not her race, not racism.

Don't get me wrong. I am all for NOI and hope she wins the final push. I believe she will and congratulated her this morning already. This is just to express my disappointment at the shoddy analyses advanced by some of our so-called online or social media intellectuals. I expected more from them. Maybe too much, I'm beginning to realize. To the one who was able to see the nuanced American position beyond the jaded lens of racism, I salute you.

To the others, please, up your game and stop reducing every analysis in the complex world of international interests to the lowest common factors of race and racism on the part of the US. Your readers and followers deserve better. Or maybe we should stop taking you too seriously.

'Kunle Oyekanmi

Kennitrust:
is fighting their username?

fergie001:
#WTO-DG hopeful, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reacted to the US seeming desire to back her opponent, Myung-Hee, despite enjoying broad support from members.


God will see you through successfully and shame will be on the US



Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Chizzychinny:

You know they can kill and fight for anything

tutudesz:
WTO DG And ADB President were ministers under Jonathan Government and were nominated by Buhari Government While some stupid APC/PDP supporters will be killing and insulting themselves
Oshopikin after insulting her and hearing this news

uvie66:
But come to think of it if we are not blinded by nationalism, this Myung-Hee Woman have more experience than Okonjo. She has been with the WTO for more than twenty years.

DaBillionnaire:


She was part of the Leaders, no meaningful impact within the financial sector.