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  • Global Trade Shifts: Okonjo-Iweala Urges Nigeria to Court Strategic Investors

    Global Trade Shifts: Okonjo-Iweala Urges Nigeria to Court Strategic Investors

    Global Trade Shifts: Okonjo-Iweala Urges Nigeria to Court Strategic Investors

    WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged Nigeria to aggressively court strategic investors as multinationals diversify supply chains away from China, stressing digital trade and infrastructure as anchors for industrial growth.

    Additional coverage across Nigerian media and stakeholder reactions indicate that the implications of the development will be closely watched in the coming days as policy, security, and market signals evolve.

    Echotitbits take: This highlights a critical pivot from aid-seeking to investment-attraction. Watch for whether the Federal Government introduces new tax incentives specifically for companies exiting the Asian market to set up local manufacturing hubs.

    Source: Vanguard – https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/01/davos-2026-target-global-investors-to-cut-imports-create-jobs-okonjo-iweala-advises-fg/ (2026-01-22)

    Photo credit: Vanguard

    2026-01-22 09:00:00

     

  • Okonjo-Iweala: President Buhari In Video Conference With President Of European Council

    Okonjo-Iweala: President Buhari In Video Conference With President Of European Council

    President Muhammadu Buhari Friday held a video conference with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, during which the latter reiterated Europe’s support for Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

    The President is leading Nigeria’s charge for Okonjo-Iweala, the country’s former Minister of Finance, to emerge as the first Black and female WTO DG.

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    President Buhari thanked the European Council for its support for Nigeria’s candidate.

    Also discussed during the conference were issues bordering on debt relief for Africa, EU-African relations and recharge of the Lake Chad, which has currently shrunk to less than one-third of its usual size, and throwing about 130 million people who depend on the Lake into dire straits.

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    Recharge of the Lake Chad is an issue the Nigerian President had vigorously canvassed at diverse global fora in recent time.

    President Buhari expressed appreciation to Mr Michel for expected positive developments on the issues.