Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Saturday made her first visit to Nigeria since she assumed office on March 1.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, who is on a week-long visit, was received upon her arrival in the country by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Nasir Sani-Gwarzo.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Okonjo-Iweala said her visit to Nigeria was to show appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the support accorded her.
She also hinted that discussion on how Nigeria can leverage her position to benefit from trans-national trade formed part of her visit to the country.
She is expected to meet Buhari, the presidential task force on COVID-19, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele among others next week.
Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister in Nigeria, is the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO.
It is hoped she would infuse the WTO with fresh momentum to address towering challenges and a pandemic-fuelled global economic crisis.
