Okonjo-Iweala tasks governors-elect on nation building

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has tasked governors-elect on the necessary prerequisite for successful nation-building in Nigeria.

Okonjo-Iweala, who is also the Former Minister of Finance spoke on Monday at an induction ceremony organised for elected governors in Abuja, said nation-building is impossible without trust.

She expressed deep sadness on the conduct of the 2023 general elections, noting that over the years, trust in Nigeria has been a fragile issue, hence, “following the election, a lot of trust has been broken.”

While speaking to the governors-elect, she said, “If taking the wider global context into account is one prerequisite for successful nation-building, another prerequisite is trust and a sense of common purpose,” she said.

The former minister stressed that the only way for the governors to regain the absolute trust of Nigerians again is to implement policies and programmes that would endear the masses to them.