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What Tinubu, Okonjo Iweala Discussed In Aso Rock
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
According to Channels Television, Okonjo-Iweala told journalists at the Presidential Villa they spoke ways to create jobs for young people and trying to support women and children, whom she said bore the brunt of the suffering in the country.
She disclosed this shortly after her meeting with the President.
“We all know things are difficult for Nigerians outside; everyone is struggling. I’m here myself on a quiet visit.
“So, this was not an official WTO mission, but we were able to engage with Mr President to talk about ‘what are the kinds of programmes that could be put in place to make sure that the suffering of Nigerians are being alleviated?’”
The meeting comes two months after both leaders met in France at the Global Pact Summit in Paris hosted by President Emmanuel Macron.
Okonjo-Iweala served twice as Nigeria’s Finance Minister between 2003 and 2006 as well as from 2011 to 2015, the first woman to hold the position.
She also spent a 25-year career at the World Bank rising to the Number 2 position of Managing Director.
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