NewsNigeriaUnited NationsWorld NewsBritish High Commissioner, Catriona Laing Joins #BeLikeNgoziChallenge

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on Wednesday, joined the #BeLikeNgoziChallenge, a social media challenge which has been trending online since the beginning of the week.

The challenge has attracted has attracted great attention recently with the historic emergence of Nigeria’s pride, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

 

Catriona Laing “And all you young girls out there, see what you can achieve, you can be brilliant in your career but also be yourself.”

 

Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian development economist, is known for her African print Ankara wears and peculiar headgear usually tilted at a convenient angle, recently said in an interview that she nabashedly “love being African and being Nigerian”.

The #BeLikeNgoziChallenge involved social media users dressed up as Okonjo-Iweala. It was initiated by Temie Giwa-Tubosun of Lifebank, a platform that deliver medical supplies.

Giwa-Tunbosun promised to give N100,000 to the best dressed person as she was the first entry in the challenge on Sunday.

The challenge gained more traction on Monday as the WTO announced the appointment of Okonjo-Iweala as the new chief of the Geneva-based body. Okonjo-Iweala breaks a 26-year record as the first African and first female boss of the global trade and dispute settlement organization.

In a video released via her verified Twitter handle, the British high commissioner who was clad in an Ankara print enthused, “Hey, my sister Ngozi, we are so proud of you, the new director general of the World Trade Organisation. Congratulations!”

“And all you young girls out there, see what you can achieve, you can be brilliant in your career but also be yourself,” Laing advised.

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)

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