Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
By Emma Ujah
The Director–General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has strongly advised Nigeria and other African countries to process critical minerals before their export.
She spoke at the Fireplace Dialogue on Building Africa’s Resilience in a Changing Global Economic Order, at the 7th Africa Emerging Markets Forum, in Abuja, on Wednesday.
Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy of Nigeria insisted that the country should take advantage of the critical minerals in the country to produce Electric Vehicle batteries and similar goods to be a major player in the current global green energy revolution.
She blamed the extraction and exportation of critical minerals in their raw forms for much of the terrorism, banditry and corruption in the country and other parts of Africa.
Her words, “One high potential sector…
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