The chances that the former Minister of Finance, Okonjo Iweala will win the World Trade Organisation, WTO, apex seat, has suffered a blow as has her nomination was said to have violated five rule.
The Office of the African Union (AU) Legal Counsel had revealed, today, Thursday.
A document from the office of the AU legal counsel stated that Okonjo-Iweala’s nomination violated Rule (11), 1, 2 and 3, Rule 12 and Rule 15(3) of the rules of procedure of the committee on candidatures within the International System of the AU as well as Council’s Decisions Ex CI 1072 (XXXV), Ec CI Dec 1090 (XXXVI) and Assembly Dec 795 (XXXIII).
The document from AU legal counsel office noted that its Executive Council had endorsed the nominations of Fedrick Agah, Eloi Laourou and Abdulhameed Mamdouh before Nigeria decided to substitute its nomination.
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