2022: Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in world most powerful women list

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named by Forbes as one of World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.
 
Okonjo-Iweala polled over 60 percent of the 15,000 votes in the category at the close of the poll on 2nd of December 2022.
 
Forbes said, “The World Trade Organization head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (No. 91 of 100) continue to play a crucial role in providing financial assistance and promoting global trade as the threat of a global recession rises.”
 
Reacting, Okonjo-iweala tweeted that she was excited by the awards she had received in her career.
 
“An honour and a privilege to be part of this list of a very distinguished group of women for the 6th time in my career, Congratulation to my other sisters. Let’s continue to show that good governance, good public policy and a people-centered approach to work matters,” he said.
 
Winners for the 11th edition of the award shall be presented with the honour on 16th of February 2023, at a ceremony scheduled to be held in Port Louis, Mauritius.

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