Okonjo-Iweala seeks social safety sets to cushion hardship for Nigerians

Provide social safety net for Nigerians, Okonjo-Iweala...

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to introduce social safety nets to protect vulnerable Nigerians from the harsh impact of ongoing economic reforms. Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with the President on Thursday in Abuja, Okonjo-Iweala said both the federal government and the WTO had launched a Women Exporters Fund to empower Nigerian …

Okonjo-Iweala seeks social safety sets to cushion hardship for Nigerians

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the federal government to put social safety nets in place for

Okonjo-Iweala Meets Tinubu, Calls for Stronger Social Safety Nets Amid Economic Reforms - Economi Confidential

Okonjo-Iweala Meets Tinubu, Calls for Stronger Social Safety Nets Amid Economic Reforms Former Coordinating Minister of the Economy and current Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government to strengthen social safety nets to cushion the impact of ongoing economic reforms on Nigerians, particularly the poor and vulnerable. […] The post Okonjo-Iweala Meets Tinubu, Calls for Stron…

ADC Claims FG Twisted Okonjo-Iweala’s Comments On Economy

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has chided the Federal Government, accusing it of deliberately “twisting” Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s comments on the Nigerian economy. Recall that the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was quoted by President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman to have said that the administration’s policies have stabilised the Nigerian economy. But in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullah…

Hardship: Okonjo-Iweala Calls For Social Safety Nets After Meeting With Tinubu

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the Federal Government to put social safety nets in place for poor Nigerians who are feeling the pains of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Okonjo-Iweala stated this on Thursday after a meeting with the president at the Aso Villa in Abuja. Though she commended the president for the economic reforms including petrol subsidy removal and the un…

Okonjo-Iweala Urges Tinubu to Grow Economy, Boost Social Safety Nets

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization and former Nigerian finance minister, has outlined two critical priorities for […] Source