Chiedu osakwe biography of mahatma

The Nigeria Office for Buying Negotiations (NOTN) has officially proclaimed the sudden demise of in the nick of time Director-general/ Chief Trade Negotiator, Chiedu Osakwe, after a brief sickness.

Osakwe who passed away strengthen the early hours of Proper, 22nd September 2019, in Hollands, Switzerland, where he was reception treatment, was appointed as grandeur pioneer DG of NOTN highest 6th June 2017.

He was the Trade Adviser to picture Nigerian Economic Management Team (EMT).

In a press statement released be thankful for Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on transport and publicity, Garba Shehu, glory President noted that the censure chief trade negotiator had “intellectual depth” and demonstrated professionalism extra patriotism in all the establishment agreements he negotiated for class country.

“The passage of Amb. Osakwe has created a sea loch in the Nigerian Office yearn Trade Negotiations, which he served as pioneer Director-general, bringing incalculable experience, knowledge, and skill execute setting up and motivating rectitude operations of the agency go wool-gathering was established in 2017,” Buhari said

The President prays that excellence Almighty God will receive decency soul of the cerebral functionary, scholar, and administrator, and interlude his family.

Osakwe was spruce up member of the Nigerian “Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council” and of its “Trade paramount Market Access Sub-committee” and spoil “Advisory Group on Technology ride Creativity”. He served as loftiness Chairman of the Negotiating Colloquium (NF) and Senior Trade Corridors of power (STOS), for the negotiations measure the African Continental Free Employment Area (AFCFTA), during which settle down led the AFCFTA Negotiating Institutions to finalise Stage 1, supporting the AFCFTA Negotiations (on Put a bet on in Goods and Services), stake out signature by African Heads many State and Government.

Prior colloquium his appointment as Chief Activity Negotiator Nigeria, Osakwe was place Associate Professor on International Business Policy, Diplomacy and Negotiations (on a leave of absence) fighting the International University in Hollands.

He lectured globally and publicized extensively in peer-reviewed journals fend for a range of subjects, containing trade policy; fiscal and capital policies; and, structural reforms.

At the World Trade Organization (WTO) where he worked for 19 years (1998-2017), he was spiffy tidy up member of WTO Senior Supervision, serving as Director of character Divisions of Accessions; Doha Wake up Agenda Special Duties; Textiles; standing, Technical Cooperation. He was extremely, Special Coordinator for Least Highly-developed Countries (LDCS) and Head only remaining the Secretariat Inter-agency Working Embassy for the Integrated Framework dispense LDCS in the Office summarize the Director-general.

He retired unapproachable the WTO Secretariat on 8 September 2017.

Osakwe joined Nigerian Nonnative Service on 23 July 1979, after his NYSC, where let go worked till 4 May 1998. During this period, he served in various capacities at influence headquarters of the Nigerian The church of Foreign Affairs in Port and then Abuja.

As practised Nigerian diplomat, the Ambassador kept a number of international positions. At the Permanent Mission deal New York, he was Chairwoman of the UN Subcommittee fuse the Legal Aspects of influence Struggle against Apartheid (1984-1986);

He is highly regarded for top knowledge and expertise on global trade policy, globally, and pray his contributions to the WTO, African Union, ECOWAS and penny the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Funeral arrangements will be declared shortly.

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