Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization, has urged the federal government to secure the release of the students kidnapped by bandits in the states of Kaduna and Sokoto.
Okonjo-Iweala expressed her sorrow for the kidnapping while speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the WTO-ITC 2024 technical assistance program for Nigeria.
She, however, expressed hope that the students get recovered soon.
“I am sad because I am here at a time when once more hundreds of our school children and teachers have been abducted,” Okonjo-Iweala said.
“As a mother, grandmother, educator and someone for whom education is paramount to creating economic opportunities, I am sad.
“And with the representative of my brother, the national security adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, I hope we can be able to recover them soon in Kaduna and Sokoto.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]
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