Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated Okonjo- Iweala on her historic appointment as the new Director General of WTO.

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her “historic” appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

In a letter addressed to the new WTO boss, President Akufo-Addo expressed delight at the fact that her election was by consensus of the General Council of the WTO, thereby making Dr Okonjo-Iweala “the first woman and first African to occupy the office of Director-General of the organisation.”

This, according to the President “is a tribute to black women the world over, particularly to African women.”