Segun Bambo Ojomo
Tranquilized emotion trailed the memorial service held recently in Geneva to honour the Late Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe who, until his demise, was Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Director General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations.
The event attracted top governments’ officials, diplomats and representatives of professional bodies, the world over.
Osakwe chaired the Negotiating Forum of the African Union (AU) from June 2017 to March 2018, during which time the negotiations were concluded on the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Previously, he was on the staff of the World Trade Organization Secretariat (1998–2017) during which he was director of a number of WTO divisions. Prior to the WTO Secretariat, he was a Nigerian Foreign Service Officer (1979 to 1998).
Osakwe was an alumnus of Federal Government College, Odogbolu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Below are photographs at the event:
