Yonov Frederick Agah
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Yonov Frederick Agah | |
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| Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations | |
| Assumed office 16 April 2021 | |
| President | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization | |
| In office 1 October 2017 – 31 March 2021 Serving with (Karl Brauner, Alan Wm. Wolff, Yi Xiaozhun) | |
| Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization | |
| In office 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017 Serving with (Karl Brauner, Alan Wm. Wolff, Yi Xiaozhun) | |
| Ambassador to the World Trade Organization | |
| In office 6 May 2010 – 29 May 2013 | |
| President | Goodluck Ebele Jonathan |
| Ambassador to the World Trade Organization | |
| In office 30 May 2007 – 5 May 2010 | |
| President | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua |
| Ambassador to the World Trade Organization | |
| In office 29 May 2005 – 29 May 2007 | |
| President | Olusegun Obasanjo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benue State, Nigeria |
| Education | University of Jos (PhD, MBA) Ahmadu Bello University (M.Sc, B.Sc) University of Abuja (LL.B) |
Yonov Frederick Agah is a Nigerian economist, trade negotiator, international civil servant and diplomat with over 40 years of experience in international and multilateral trade. He was one of the four Deputy Directors-Generals' of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Agah started his first term as Deputy Director-General of the WTO on 1 October 2013. This ended on 30 September 2017. He was reappointed for a second four-year term,[1] starting on 1 October 2017. Agah concluded his second and final term as Deputy Director-General of the WTO on 31 March 2021. He was the first Nigerian and fourth African to be appointed as Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, and the first Nigerian and third African to Chair the WTO's General Council (Engine Room of WTO).[2]
In March 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Agah as Director-General, Nigeria Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN). On 16 April 2021, he was officially inaugurated. Agah will work as Nigeria's Chief Trade Negotiator.[3]
Early life and career[edit]
Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the WTO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005 – 2013[edit]
Agah has, since 1991, been responsible for coordinating Nigeria's participation in major bilateral and multilateral negotiations under the auspices of the WTO, UNCTAD, Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP), ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). He was appointed as Nigeria's Ambassador to the WTO on 29 May 2005 by the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. In that capacity, he served as the Alternate Chief Negotiator for the Doha Round and Head of Nigeria's Trade Office within the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. The Trade Office is responsible for Nigeria's participation in Geneva-based trade-related international organizations, particularly UNCTAD, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ITC and the WTO.[4]
Deputy Director-General (DDG), WTO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013 – 2021[edit]
Agah started his first term as Deputy Director-General of the WTO on 1 October 2013. He was reappointed for a second four-year term, starting on 1 October 2017. As Deputy Director-General, Agah was responsible for the Development Division (DD), Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC), Trade Policies Review Division (TPRD) and Knowledge and Information Management Division (KMD) in the WTO Secretariat. On the 31 August 2020, with the stepping down of Roberto Azevêdo, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Agah became Joint Acting Director-General of the World Trade Organization, with the other three Deputy Director-Generals’, Karl Brauner, Alan Wm. Wolff, and Yi Xiaozhun. This lasted from the 1 September 2020 to 28 February 2021, with the appointment of the 7th Director-General of the World Trade Organization. On 31 March 2021, Agah concluded his term as Deputy Director-General at the WTO.[5][6]
Recognition[edit]
In 2014, Agah was named amongst the 50 most influential Africans.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Nigeria's Agah re-elected deputy director-general of World Trade Organisation". 29 June 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Biography - Frederick Agah". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Odunsi, Wale (16 April 2021). "Yonov Agah assumes office as Nigeria's Chief Trade Negotiator". dailypost.ng. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Determination Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)". 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Deputy Director Generals".
- ↑ "WTO's four Deputy Directors-General tenure reportedly concludes at the end of March 2021 — thanks for an outstanding job". 6 March 2021.
- ↑ "Les 50 influents : Yonov Frederick Agah, directeur général ajoint de l'OMC". 13 May 2014.
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