What Atiku's shortlist for a running mate is looking like after PDP tells him they want economics expert

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - 64

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist and the first female minister of finance, having served two terms in the post between 2003-2006 and 2011-2015 under the leadership of President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan respectively. She was the managing director of the World Bank between 2007 and 2011) and chairs the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and the African Risk Capacity.

In July 2018, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was named on the board of Twitter Inc. In July 2017, she, was named an independent non-executive director at Standard Chartered Plc in the UK and is also a senior adviser at Lazard. Ngozi was educated at the International School Ibadan and Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude with an AB in Economics in 1976 and earned her PhD in regional economics and development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1981 with a thesis title Credit policy, rural financial markets, and Nigeria's agricultural development.

Peter Obi - 57

Peter Obi is was governor of Anambra State for two terms from March 17 2006 to February 6 2014. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka graduating with a BA (Hons) in philosophy in 1984 and is currently the chairman of Nigeria Security and Exchange Commission. Later, he became chairman of Next International Nigeria, then chairman and director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Guardian Express Bank, Future View Securities, Paymaster Nigeria, Chams Nigeria, Data Corp and Card Centre. He was also the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc. While governor, Peter Obi operated a very meticulous financial regime in Anambra State that includes cutting of unnecessary spending, and ploughing back of revenue recovered.

Akinwumi Adesina - 58

Akinwumi  Adesina is the president of the African Development Bank, who has previously served as Nigeria's minister of agriculture and rural development. Until his appointment as minister in 2010, he was vice president of policy and partnerships at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. In 2015, he was elected as the president of the African Development Bank, becoming the first Nigerian to hold the post.

Arunma Oteh - 58

Arunma Oteh is the treasurer and a vice president of the World Bank. She became the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Nigeria in January 2010.

In this position she was responsible for regulation of Nigeria's capital markets, including the Nigerian Stock Exchange. In July 2015, after the end of her tenure in the SEC, she was appointed the vice president and treasurer of the World Bank. On July 18, 2012, Oteh was called back to resume work after an independent investigation by the board-appointed firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, cleared her of any financial impropriety.

Charles Soludo - 58

Charles Soludo is a Nigerian economics professor and a former governor and chairman of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, appointed on May 2004. He is also a member of the British Department for International Development's international advisory group.

Professor Soludo has been visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the University of Cambridge, the Brookings Institution, the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at Swarthmore College in the US. He has also worked as a consultant for a number of international organisations, including the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme. He obtained his three degrees and then professorship at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, graduating with a First Class Honours degree in 1984, an MSc Economics in 1987 and a PhD in 1989, winning prizes for the best student at all three levels.

Obiageli Ezekwesili - 55

Obiageli Ezekwesili is a Nigerian chartered accountant, who was a co-founder of Transparency International, serving as one of the pioneer directors of the global anti-corruption body based in Berlin, Germany. She served as federal minister of solid minerals and then for education during the second-term presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. Since then, she served as the vice president of the World Bank's Africa division from May 2007 to May 2012.

Ezekwesili holds a master's degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos, as well as a Master of Public Administration degree from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She trained with the firm of Deloitte and Touche and qualified as a chartered accountant. Prior to working for the Government of Nigeria, Ezekwesili was working with Professor Jeffrey Sachs at the Center for International Development at Harvard.