The Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, has called on the Federal Government to put social safety
nets in place for poor Nigerians who are feeling the pains of President Bola
Tinubu’s economic reforms.
Okonjo-Iweala stated this on Thursday after a meeting with the president
at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
Though she commended the president for the economic reforms including
petrol subsidy removal and the unification of the foreign exchange
windows, the former Nigerian finance minister said the government must
put social safety nets in place for poor Nigerians to cope with the economic
hardship occasioned by the government’s reforms.
In a chat with newsmen after she met with the president, the WTO boss
said the President and his team have worked hard to stabilize the
economy.
The Nigerian president’s meeting with Okonjo-Iweala took place two
weeks before the expiration of her first term as WTO Director-General on
August 31, 2025, and the commencement of her second term on
September 1, 2025.
