Okonjo-Iweala Debunks Viral Social Media Post Allegedly Criticizing President Tinubu
On
November 8, 2025, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), publicly refuted a viral social media post that had
been falsely attributed to her.
The post, which circulated widely across platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, purported to show Okonjo-Iweala criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s approach to handling insecurity in Nigeria. It bore the provocative title “Trump didn’t ‘hit’ us – our leaders did,” and claimed that Nigerian leaders were more focused on rhetoric than on taking decisive action against banditry and insurgency.