President Muhammadu Buhari says Europe has reiterated its support for Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said that Buhari confirmed this at the end of a video conference with Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, on Friday in Abuja.
The president is leading Nigeria’s campaign for Okonjo-Iweala, the country’s former Minister of Finance, to emerge as the first black and first female WTO DG.
The Nigerian leader thanked the Council for its support for Nigeria’s candidate.
“Also discussed during the conference were issues bordering on debt relief for Africa, EU-African relations, 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,’’ Adesina said.
The recharge of the Lake Chad is an issue the Nigerian President had vigorously canvassed at various global fora in recent times.
Buhari expressed appreciation to Michel for anticipated positive developments on the issues.
Air Peace to resume flights to Akure, Monday
Air Peace is set to resume flights into Akure on Monday after flights were grounded at the airport last week.
It was gathered that a crater was allegedly dug on the runway by some unknown persons last Sunday.
The development was said to have forced the management of the airport to close the runway, preventing flights from taking off or landing in the airport, resulting in series of flight cancellations.
