WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala loses her mother, a former Nigerian professor

Kamene Okonjo, a sociologist and the mother of WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has died at the age of 96. Her death was announced on Sunday, October 25, by Ifeakanachukwu Emordi, secretary of the Ogwashi-Uku palace, on behalf of the Umu Obi Obahai royal family. A distinguished academic, she championed women’s rights and empowerment and held an important role in the royal family of Delta State. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala thanked those who sent condolences and said her mother had lived a fulfilled life.