{"id":3345,"date":"2019-01-26T19:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T19:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2019-01-26T19:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T19:43:05","slug":"ill-run-for-world-bank-presidency-if-nominated-okonjo-iweala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ill-run-for-world-bank-presidency-if-nominated-okonjo-iweala","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll run for World Bank Presidency if nominated \u2013 Okonjo-Iweala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2019Femi Asu with agency report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A two-time Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Oonjo-Iweala, has said she is ready to be the president of the World Bank if nominated for the job.<\/p>\n<p>The position became vacant earlier this month after current President Jim Yong Kim\u2019s abrupt resignation, three years ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Okonjo-Iweala, a former senior World Bank official, ran against Kim in 2012 and is seen as a front runner in the race.<\/p>\n<p>She was quoted as saying on the sideline of the World Economic Forum in Davos that many people had been asking if she would take the job.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to CNN\u2019s Richard Quest on Thursday, Okonjo-Iweala said she would run but only under the right conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that because I contested the last time in 2012\u2026 Many people were asking that question. It is a shareholders\u2019 decision and they have to decide how they want it. Someone has to nominate. If the right person were to nominate, and if the circumstances are right and people feel I can do the job, yes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okonjo-Iweala was asked by Quest if she had declared her candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I have not declared my candidacy, you asked a hypothetical question and I answered it fairly. I\u2019m very happy right now, and I just want you to know that I\u2019m enjoying life for a change for a portfolio of what I like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To choose a president at the World Bank, candidates are nominated by the executive directors of the bank. 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