Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO), has been named one of Forbes’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.
Okonjo-Iweala garnered over 60 percent of the 15,000 votes in the category at the close of the poll recently.
While announcing the development, 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.”
It should be recalled that Okonjo-Iweala was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the world’s most influential people in 2021.
While Reacting, Okonjo-Iweala tweeted that she was happy by the awards she had gotten in her career.
She tweeted: “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.”
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