Tinubu Aware Of Pains Nigerians Are Going Through- Okonjo Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala,  Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO),  on Tuesday, met with President Bola Tinubu at presidential villa, Abuja, where she revealed that the president is not unaware of the pains Nigerians are undergoing at the moment.

Okonjo-Iweala, who was accompanied to the Villa by former Minister of State for Health and minister-designate, Dr Mohammed Pate, however, explained that her visit to Tinubu was not in her capacity as the WTO helmsman.

Speaking with newsmen, the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy revealed that the crux of the meeting was to work out modalities on how to help Nigeria alleviate the suffering of its citizens.

“That’s what’s needed now, helping Nigerians to alleviate the difficult conditions that they are in.”

She said that their conversation with the president centred around formulating approaches aimed at job creation, foster women’s empowerment, and bolster digital trade within Nigeria’s economy.

Her words, “This was not really 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 Nigerians are okay. We had a conversation on trying to look at community and grassroots programmes that can be put in place to create jobs for young people trying to support women and children who are bearing the brunt of some of the suffering in the country.”

She noted that the visit afforded them the opportunity to also talk about investment for the longer term in the many other sectors in the country including the pharmaceutical industry.