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givedemwotowoto:
Okonjo Iweala is an American citizen. She's originally from Nigeria, but Nigeria has no say at the WTO though they nominated her. If America says No, she won't get the job. She has to represent their interest to be able to get the job.

tunjijones:
Central PDP government that withheld Lagos state allocations for several years.

Why una no too dey use una head nau.

greatiyk4u:
Lagos State local Government allocation is different from Lagos State allocation....take note

AMINDA:
The truth is that an Atiku presidency will assemble the best minds to administer this country. Under the Obasanjo presidency, he and Obasanjo had a young and formidable team comprising of Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Nasir El-Rufai, Oby Ezekwesili and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the engine room of their presidency. Even Nuhu Ribadu was later scouted and brought in to run the newly created EFCC. Many of us thought a Tinubu presidency will replicate that given the team he put together in Lagos but it ended up being an all-Lagos affair with politics and cronyism taking the place of competence and capacity.

Nword22:
With or without buhari she will win because wto is not a Nigerian organization.

Ofunaofu:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/revealed-how-atiku-almost-picked-okonjo-iweala-as-running-mate/

givedemwotowoto:
Okonjo Iweala is an American citizen. She got the job because of Biden not Buhari.

erniok:
Are you typing this ignorantly or na catching cruise.

givedemwotowoto:
Perhaps that simple statement is still difficult to understand so I'll repeat it: She got the job because of Biden not Buhari.

Take moment to interpret that statement before you respond again.

See why Olodo Uprising is real? Because the people who claim to be educated and have strong opinions can't even interpret simple statements.

Let's assume Jim Ovia's approval is needed for the CEO of Zenith Bank. If your father nominates you to become the Zenith Bank CEO, you only get the job if Jim Ovia approves. If you got the job, it's because of Jim Ovia's approval, not your father's nomination. You're not the only person whose father nominated for the same job.

The South Korean lady (Yoo Myung-hee) was going to get the job with Trump’s backing if not that Biden won the election.

Why this simple statement is difficult to understand for most Tinubu supporters is puzzling.

givedemwotowoto:
Okonjo Iweala is an American citizen. She got the job because of Biden not Buhari.

AMINDA:
The truth is that an Atiku presidency will assemble the best minds to administer this country. Under the Obasanjo presidency, he and Obasanjo had a young and formidable team comprising of Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Nasir El-Rufai, Oby Ezekwesili and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the engine room of their presidency. Even Nuhu Ribadu was later scouted and brought in to run the newly created EFCC. Many of us thought a Tinubu presidency will replicate that given the team he put together in Lagos but it ended up being an all-Lagos affair with politics and cronyism taking the place of competence and capacity.

slivertongue:
Op and you believed this story?

givedemwotowoto:
Perhaps that simple statement is still difficult to understand so I'll repeat it: She got the job because of Biden not Buhari.

Take moment to interpret that statement before you respond again.

DeepSight:
The team selection from BAT was one of the biggest disappointments from him. I expected an all star cast. Only for him to produces team Z.

AndroBlaze:
No she did not.

Stop telling untruths, you have been corrected severally on this and you are still stubbornly insisting you are right when you clearly know you are wrong.

Nigeria nominated Okonjo, a country must nominate you. America's candidate was Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea.

Despite Okonjo having overwhelming support, Trump did not want her. The WTO president is chosen by consensus, so everyone must agree.
As shown in the article below, even before Biden came, most countries around the world supported Okonjo, annoying Trump.

Biden, who as a democrat typically has a global view, agreed with the vast majority of all countries that she could become DG.

So clearly, USA stopped standing in her way but they were not the reason she became DG.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/423571-wto-us-objection-stalls-okonjo-iwealas-emergence-as-director-general.html?tztc=1

Wickedfacts:
Not in my Biden, na Netanyahu.
All these village dwelling Obidients sef.

Go to the WTO website and educate yourself.

AMINDA:
We all did. This was why many were willing to overlook the excess baggage that he came with and supported him. Clearly, he spent the entire 20 years he was out of power waiting to extract a pound of flesh from Nigeria and capture the Nigerian state like he has a vendetta against her. It's a big disappointment.

DeepSight:
Its almost as if he hates Nigeria and Nigerians.

givedemwotowoto:
Being nominated by your country is a requirement to contest, but can’t get you the job.

Buhari had no influence among WTO members to help her win. His only job was helping her fulfill a single requirement.

It was her goodwill and previous career achievements in the World Bank and other portfolio that earned her support from WTO member countries, not Buhari’s influence. Without these achievements and portfolio, she had zero chance of earning support from member nations.

Still, If Biden had lost the 2020 election, it was highly unlikely that she would’ve been the WTO President because Trump backed Yoo Myung-hee.

givedemwotowoto:
Okonjo Iweala is an American citizen. She got the job because of Biden not Buhari.

AndroBlaze:
Nice try to walk yourself back and being half smart as if Buhari had failed to nominate and support her, or if he had bent to Trump's will, all her achievements would mean nothing.

casualobserver:
She is at the WTO at the pleasure of the US government. It is the reason despite living in the US for almost all her working life she never applied for U citizenship until her nomination as DG WTO.

fergie001:
Without Buhari's nomination she won't even stand any chance whatsoever.

Give credence to whom it is due, it is a single requirement but the most important.

givedemwotowoto:
Yes but it’s just a requirement that had to be fulfilled. US was the ultimate decider, and Trump went with the South Korean if not that Biden won the election and changed it.

givedemwotowoto:
Yes but it’s just a requirement that had to be fulfilled. US was the ultimate decider, and Trump went with the South Korean if not that Biden won the election and changed it.

fergie001:
Says who?
She is at the WTO today because of politics. No matter how brilliant she is, she can't be DG without the support of her home country. If Buhari said No, she won't be DG of any International Organisation.

Again, Atiku was instrumental in bringing her to Nigeria from the World Bank and then introduced her to OBJ. So, it's listen to them and politely say NO.
It is part of the rules that anybody who must contest must get an endorsement from his/her own country If your President or home Govt doesn't endorse, you fail nomination instantly.

AMINDA:
You are not far from the truth. Someone dropped this online heading into 2023. The level of greed is unfathomable.

Solsix:
So if nah you, you go leave WTO chair and be VP to atiku in an election he will lose??

fergie001:
Buhari played a vital role, let's leave it at that. He kick-started the process within which Biden will not have seen any NOI to nominate.

AndroBlaze:
No they were not.

It is now clear you just want to be right by force.

I have shown you clearly, from the WTO THEMSELVES, that every nation supported OKonjo except the USA....and because the USA refused to support her, they just delayed announcing a head, paralysing the institution, something Trump always does when he doesn't get his way.

By normal logic, Biden nor the USA made her DG, the rest of the world did by standing firm.

https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dgno_15feb21_e.htm

givedemwotowoto:
The U.S. President (Biden) had the final say, I maintain that statement. If he had chosen the South Korean, the outcome would’ve been different