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WHY NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA WILL NOT WIN WTO DG CONTEST

WHY NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA WILL NOT WIN WTO DG CONTEST


Controversial journalist, Kemi Omololu Olunloyo has declared that former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will not win the race for World Trade Organization Director General.

The World Trade Organization is set to have its first female leader after Nigeria’s 66-year-old Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee made it through Thursday to the final run-off.

They saw off competition from Britain’s Liam Fox, Kenya’s Amina Mohamed and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad al-Tuwaijri in the second round of the battle to become the next director-general of the WTO.
However, the self-acclaimed investigative journalist, Olunloyo said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will not win the race because Nigeria is a corrupt country.

In a tweet on Thursday afternoon, Olunloyo said Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a dual citizen and racism lives in her, saying the position would be given to Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea.

Read her tweet below:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KemiOlunloyo/status/1314296212955299841

The former chief of the World Trade Organization, Roberto Azevedo, a Brazilian career diplomat stepped down in in August after a successful tenure.

Rather than straightforward elections, the WTO eliminates its leadership candidates through a process of consensus and preferences.

Okonjo-Iweala who served as Nigeria's first female finance and foreign minister has a 25-year career behind her as a development economist at the World Bank, eventually becoming its number two.

She is also on Twitter’s board of directors and is a special envoy for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 fight.

If she emerges triumphant from the final elimination round, she would not only be the first woman, but also the first African to lead the global trade body.

Her rival, 53-year-old Yoo is currently serving as her country’s first female trade minister, following a career in trade diplomacy and foreign affairs.

Whoever is handed the job in the end will be taking over an organisation mired in multiple crises, and struggling to help members navigate a severe global economic slump triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

 A winner will be announced before November 7.
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