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JUST IN: ECOWAS endorses Okonjo-Iweala for WTO job  

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
This is contained in a document signed by Mahamadou Issoufou, ECOWAS president, and seen by online newspaper, TheCable on Friday.
On June 4, President Muhammadu  Buhari approved the nomination of Okonjo-Iweala, former coordinating minister for the economy, for the top WTO job.
ECOWAS called on other African countries to back Okonjo-Iweala, who Issoufou referred to as a “fearless reformer”.

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