Finance minister never resigned – Presidency

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmad, has not resigned her appointment contrary to report by some newsblog.

The personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has debunked the news.

Some news blogs reported that she submitted a resignation later and cleared her office.

Taking to his Twitter page to debunk it, Bashir wrote: “there is a rumour going around that Honorable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmad has resigned.

“The rumour is completely not true, one of the minister’s closest aides told me on phone,” he added.

Recall, in 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Hajia Zainab Ahmed, 61, as the Federal Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning of Nigeria.