According to Sumner Sambo, Director of Politics at Arise News, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is unwilling to resign from her current role in order to run alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Speaking on The Morning Show on Monday, Sambo made the statement while discussing persistent political rumours in advance of the general elections in 2027.
He claims that even though Okonjo-Iweala might be given the position, she is unwilling to give up what he called a lucrative job at the WTO, where she is currently serving a second term that expires in 2029.
He went on to say that it would be improbable for her to abandon a guaranteed international position in favour of a political campaign in Nigeria, particularly one that he claimed is still beset by political and legal ambiguities.
“Well, from the latest I’ve heard, Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela may be considered and all that, but she’s not willing to actually leave a lucrative job as a DJ of the World Trade Organisation to actually consider that,” he stated.
She has informed them of this, which makes sense given that she only returned to office in September of last year and will serve a second term until 2029.
As a vice presidential candidate for a party that is still facing legal challenges, what will she be doing? I believe she would not consider the offer because she already has a secure term there.
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