Zainab Ahmed, acting minister of
finance, assumed duty on Monday, expressing hope that she is in good hands.
President Muhammadu Buhari
appointed her following the resignation of Kemi Adeosun who was caught in a
scandal of forging the exemption certificate of the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC).
Ahmed described the task ahead of
her as challenging, promising to tap from the experience of those on ground.
Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, permanent
secretary and some directors in the ministry, welcomed her.
“These are very challenging times
for our country. It means we are part of the economic team that has been
charged with making sure there is economic stability in our country,” she said.
“We have very serious revenue
challenges and it is up to us to shore up the revenues of this country.
“Mr President has a lot of
confidence that we can do this very well together. We are working for Mr
President, but at the end of the day we are working for the benefit of the
citizens of our country.
“There are a lot of sacrifices
that I know that you have done, and we are going to push ourselves to still do
more so that at the end of the day we will say Alhamdulillah– glory be to God!
“The finance ministry has
overtime been known to have very skilled personnel; from interacting with some
of you, I know that there is a lot of skill set within the ministry, and that I
am in good hands.
“I plan to work very closely with
the whole of the directors, most especially with the permanent secretary.
“I want to declare that today the
permanent secretary is my new next-of-kin. What that means is that I am going
to work hand-in-gloves with him, and I expect everybody to do the same thing.
“There are some things I know
about finance, but there is a lot that I don’t know; and the knowledge resides
in you.”
Ahmed was minister of state for
budget and national planning.
She has held several critical
positions, including the executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
She was also the managing
director of Kaduna Investment Company and member of the National Stakeholders
Working Group (NSWG).
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