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2023: Okonjo-Iweala denies plans to run for presidency

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has debunked claims that she is planning to contest the 2023 presidential election.

The former finance minister, faulted the reports which also claimed she is set to resign from her WTO position as part of plans to contest for the country’s most exalted position.

“I just got here. I am enjoying what I’m doing.

“It is a very exciting job and I am trying to have some successes here”, she told Bloomberg

She further described the rumours as “utterly ridiculous”, stressing that she is focused on doing her job as the WTO chief and achieving some milestones with the organisation. 

Okonjo-Iweala’s comment follows recent suggestions by trade officials in Geneva that the Nigerian would be leaving her post, months after she became the first woman and African to lead the WTO. 

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