A section of Nigerians took to social media to express outrage after the Director-General of World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, shared photos she took with some world presidents, leaving out a photo with her country’s President, Bola Tinubu.
The summit hosted by President of France, Emmanuel Macron had in attendance world leaders, including President Tinubu.
The DG of the World Trade Organization, Okonjo-Iweala who also attended the summit in her capacity thereafter took to Twitter to post photos of herself with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President Maky Sall of Senegal, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia.
The aggrieved Nigerians on Twitter expressed that for her to recognize and share photos with other Presidents without sharing a picture with the president of her birth country, she has slighted President Tinubu.
In reaction to the outrage, hours later, pictures of Okonjo-Iweala with Tinubu and other dignitaries like Tony Olumelu were also shared. In her update, she wrote:
“More images from the Paris Summit #NewGlobalFinancingPact. With HE President Ali Bongo @PresidentABO, HE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT, HE President @WilliamsRuto and African Business moguls @Mo_IbrahimFdn @TonyOElumelu“
However, there were still reactions after her update. Read tweets below.
