British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, on Wednesday, joined the #BeLikeNgoziChallenge which has been trending online since the beginning of the week.
The
#BeLikeNgoziChallenge challenge has attracted sizzling attention lately with
the historic emergence of Nigeria’s pride, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
The Nigerian
development economist, known for her African print Ankara wears and peculiar
headgear usually tilted at a convenient angle, said in a recent interview that
she unabashedly “love being African and being Nigerian.”
The
#BeLikeNgoziChallenge challenge involves social media users dressed up as
Okonjo-Iweala. It was started by Temie Giwa-Tubosun of Lifebank, a platform
that delivers medical supplies.
Giwa-Tubosun
shared the first entry in the challenge on Sunday and promised to give a
N100,000 prize to the best dressed person.
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 organisation.
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.
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