BEVERLY HILLS, October 30, (THEWILL) – President Buhari has held a video conference with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
Buhari 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.
A statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the Council reiterated Europe’s support for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
President Buhari expressed appreciation to the European Council for the support given to Okonjo-Iweala.
The President further “discussed 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 President Buhari had vigorously canvassed at diverse global fora in recent time.
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