Tayo Busayo, Abuja
DAILY COURIER – World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has cleared a major hurdle in her bid to win a second term. During a 30-day nomination period that closed at midnight on Friday in Geneva, no other candidate emerged to challenge her for the position.
“At the end of the nomination period, the only candidacy received for this post is from Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the incumbent director-general”, WTO General Council chair, Petter Ølberg, said in a note to WTO members on Saturday.
She assumed office in March 2021, but as her current term ends in August 2025, Okonjo-Iweala announced in September that she was running for a second term.
Director-generals are chosen by consensus from the entire 166-member, the WTO General Council could approve her bid for a second term at its next meeting, which is tentatively scheduled for December 16, to December 17.
