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James Emejo in Abuja
Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday declared that the country’s future economic success will be determined by the quality of its leadership rather than its vast natural resources, stressing that economic reforms must translate to jobs and tangible benefits for the citizenry.
She spoke during a firechat with Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum (EMF) in Abuja.
Okonjo-Iweala added that good governance alone could account for about three-quarters of the country’s success.
This is as Cardoso said the continent must respond strategically to an increasingly fragmented global economy by strengthening macroeconomic…
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