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With her mandate as the Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, set to expire in August 2025, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has started moves to seek a second four-year term.

This was contained in a statement by her spokesman, Ismaila Dieng.

He said, “We can confirm that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially announced her intention to seek a second term as Director-General of the WTO.”

Dieng added that Okonjo-Iweala had taken into account “the overwhelming and broad-based support expressed by members”.

The Spokesman noted that her current term as the DG of the 166-member WTO ends in August 2025.

Okonjo-Iweala announced her decision to seek another term officially on Monday. The decision was communicated to WTO chair Norwegian Ambassador Petter Olberg.

The WTO’s African Group formally requested that she make herself available for a second term at that same meeting. The group also proposed that the process to re-nominate her should begin as soon as possible.

“So far no other candidates have come forward to contest the position,” the report stated.

Okonjo-Iweala became the DG of the WTO in March 2021. In seeking a continuation as the DG, she has hinged her leadership on breathing new life into the sclerotic organization.

Fifty-eight of the 164 member States of the World Trade Organization (WTO) members have in August voiced support for a proposal from the African Group backing incumbent Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to serve a second term.

“The 58 member countries of the trade association made this known at a July 22 meeting of the WTO General Council,” according to a statement by the world trade body.

“The African Group requests that the current Director-General make herself available to serve a second term. The group has proposed that the process of reappointing the Director-General should be started as soon as possible,” the statement partly read.

“Fifty-eight members, several speaking on behalf of groups of members, took the floor to comment and express their support for the African Group proposal. They called on DG Okonjo-Iweala to make her intentions regarding a second term known as soon as possible. Most of these members praised the DG’s hard work and her achievements during her first term.

Responding to the various calls, Okonjo-Iweala, 70, said she was very grateful for the support from members.

“Everything that I’ve accomplished, we’ve accomplished together,” she said.

 

source: Vanguard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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