According to Sumner Sambo, Director of Politics at Arise News, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is unwilling to resign from her current role in order to run alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Sambo made the statement on Monday during an appearance on The Morning Show, when he talked about current political rumors 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 presently serving a second term that ends in 2029.
He went on to say that it would be improbable that she would abandon a well-secured international position for a political campaign in Nigeria, particularly one that he claimed is still dealing with political and legal issues.
“Well, from the most recent information 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 Organization to actually consider that,” he stated.
She has informed them, which makes sense given that she only returned to office in September of last year and will serve a second term through 2029.
What will she be doing, then, as the vice presidential candidate for a party that is still facing legal challenges? She would probably reject the offer because she already has a stable term there, in my opinion.
