Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation
(SGF), says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade
Organisation (WTO), ensured Nigeria got its supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
Mustapha said the WTO director-general, who is also the
chair of the board of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, has been consistent in
promoting the economic development of the country.
He spoke on Tuesday when Okonjo-Iweala paid a courtesy visit
to the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19.
On March 2, Nigeria received about four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility, a partnership between GAVI and other international agencies.
Mustapha, who is the PTF chairman, said: “Our vaccines have
arrived. And I want to take this opportunity to truly thank you for your
efforts as chair of GAVI, in ensuring because I kept getting reports that you
are on everybody’s necks to ensure that Nigeria got its supplies. You see that
is the benefit that we stand to derive as a country when you have one of your
own in a particular position and we want to thank you for that.”
The SGF also noted that the election of Okonjo-Iweala as WTO
DG will benefit the country immensely.
He said: “We are very, very confident that your election
into this office will bring a lot of good goodwill to Nigeria. And it would
help us advance the cost of development in this country. I’m quick to say that
this is one of our finest moments internationally because of the positions that
Nigeria holds at the international level. On the global level, we have you. We
have Hajia Amina Mohammed, who is the deputy secretary-general of the United
Nations.
“At the continental level, particularly in the areas of
finance and economy, we have the president of the African Development Bank; we
have the president of the AfroExim Bank. So Nigeria, as a matter of fact,
controls how money is spent or raised on the continent of Africa. And we also
have at the AU for the first time, a commissioner who was elected of recent.
And I believe, with all these resourceful persons holding these very strategic
offices, you bring your wealth of experiences to bear in helping us back at
home, recalibrate our entire developmental efforts.”
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