{"id":147836,"date":"2025-08-15T19:25:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147836"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:25:42","slug":"hm-edun-wto-chief-partner-for-trade-led-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147836","title":{"rendered":"WTO Chief, Nigeria&#8217;s Finance Minister Unite for Trade-led Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WTO Chief, Nigeria&#8217;s Finance Minister Unite for Trade-led Growth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a significant step towards boosting Nigeria&#8217;s economic prospects, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today, met with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, in his office in Abuja to advance a shared agenda for trade-led growth, investment, and inclusive development.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, HM Edun highlighted Nigeria\u2019s recent macroeconomic stabilisation \u2014 from a stronger naira and easing inflation to ratings upgrades from Fitch and Moody\u2019s \u2014 as the foundation for sustained growth. He outlined a strategy built on export diversification, private-sector investment, and human capital development aimed at achieving 7% GDP growth.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Okonjo-Iweala commended these reforms, noting their potential to restore investor confidence and open new market opportunities under the AfCFTA. She urged Nigeria to accelerate job creation, expand exports, strengthen safety nets, and energy security to ensure growth translates into improved living standards.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to integrating Nigeria into global value chains and harnessing digital trade, recognising the private sector as a key driver of competitiveness, resilience, and shared prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Ministry&#8217;s Information and Public Relations Director, Mohammed Manga, stated that the meeting marks a crucial step towards a brighter economic future for Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTO Chief, Nigeria&#8217;s Finance Minister Unite for Trade-led Growth &nbsp; In a significant step towards boosting Nigeria&#8217;s economic prospects, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala today, met with the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, in his office in Abuja to advance a shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":147837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,5,18],"tags":[2027,2025,2026],"class_list":{"0":"post-147836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"category-finance","9":"category-news","11":"tag-trade-led-growth","12":"tag-wto-chief"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WTO Chief, Nigeria&#039;s Finance Minister Unite for Trade-led Growth - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a significant step towards boosting Nigeria&#039;s economic prospects, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147836\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WTO Chief, Nigeria&#039;s Finance Minister Unite for Trade-led Growth - The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a significant step towards boosting Nigeria&#039;s economic prospects, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147836\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T18:25:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG-20250815-WA0085.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2047\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1492\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Njoku G. 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