The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja yesterday and discussed how to boost the economy for the betterment of Nigerians.
The DG of The WTO said her visit to the president was an unofficial one which was not tied to the organization's mission. She took it upon herself to see the president to discuss how to move the economy forward.
While giving a speech yesterday at the Villa, she said, "We saw the president and focused on how we can support Nigerians at this time of need. We all know that things are very difficult for Nigerians outside. Everyone is struggling.
I'm here, myself, on a quiet visit. This was not really an official WTO mission but we were able to engage with Mr President to talk about what kinds of programmes that could be put in place to make sure that the suffering of Nigerians are being alleviated.
We really had a good 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 those bearing the brunt of some of the suffering in the country.
We talked about how, for the longer time, we need to look at investment opportunities that Nigeria can seize including in the pharmaceutical industry. We also talked about what type of support the WTO can bring.
We are already working in Nigeria with women in particular who own small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to try to help them upgrade the quality of their products, whether it's in agriculture, textiles and in other areas so they can sell more internationally. We are trying to help them with digital trade. The wave of the future is digital trade."
Video credit: Twitter @OneJoblessBoy
The DG of The WTO said her visit to the president was an unofficial one which was not tied to the organization's mission. She took it upon herself to see the president to discuss how to move the economy forward.
While giving a speech yesterday at the Villa, she said, "We saw the president and focused on how we can support Nigerians at this time of need. We all know that things are very difficult for Nigerians outside. Everyone is struggling.
I'm here, myself, on a quiet visit. This was not really an official WTO mission but we were able to engage with Mr President to talk about what kinds of programmes that could be put in place to make sure that the suffering of Nigerians are being alleviated.
We really had a good 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 those bearing the brunt of some of the suffering in the country.
We talked about how, for the longer time, we need to look at investment opportunities that Nigeria can seize including in the pharmaceutical industry. We also talked about what type of support the WTO can bring.
We are already working in Nigeria with women in particular who own small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to try to help them upgrade the quality of their products, whether it's in agriculture, textiles and in other areas so they can sell more internationally. We are trying to help them with digital trade. The wave of the future is digital trade."
Video credit: Twitter @OneJoblessBoy