At Nwabuikwu’s Book Launch, Okonjo-Iweala Vows Never to Give Up Hope on Nigeria

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James Emejo in Abuja

Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has vowed “never give up hope” on Nigeria despite the country’s recurring setbacks, adding that lasting prosperity will only come when Nigerians build a broad national consensus that rises above ethnic, religious and regional divisions to pursue shared development goals.

She spoke at the public presentation of at the public presentation ofmThe Pain and the Promise: Insights and Fragments on Nigeria and People, Public and Personal (1990–2026) by public policy analyst and member of THISDAY Baord, Mr. Paul C. Nwabuikwu in Abuja.