Former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has expressed her gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians for their unflinching supports following the backing she got from the U.S President Joe Biden to lead the World Trade Organisation.

Okonjo-Iweala  on Friday night via her Twitter handle showed his excitement over the U.S support, and commended Buhari and Nigerians.

She wrote: “Grateful for the expression of support from the US today for DG @WTO. Congratulations to Madam Yoo of Rep. Korea for a hard-fought campaign.

“Thank you, President Muhammadu Buhari @MBuhari and all Nigerians for your unflinching support. Thank you, friends. Love to my family. Glory to God.”

The U.S President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday offered its “strong support” to Okonjo-Iweala to lead WTO, which as a result will make her become the body’s first female and first African leader.

The U.S Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement earlier on Friday had cited Okonjo-Iweala “wealth of knowledge in economics and international diplomacy” and said she had “proven experience managing a large international organisation”.

The USTR also noted that South Korea’s trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee – whom the Trump administration supported – had abandoned her bid to head the WTO earlier Friday.

It is worthy to note that the Nigeria’s first woman finance minister trained as a development economist ; she has degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.

Also, the 66-year-old Iweala spent a quarter of a century at the World Bank, rising to be managing director and running for the top role in 2012, and is seen as a trailblazer in her home country.