Nigeria: I Won't Resign, Okonjo-Iweala Says, as Governors' Forum Wants Her Out

18 September 2013

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday dismissed calls for her immediate resignation from office over her alleged refusal to comply strictly with Federal Government revenue projections in violation of the 2013 Appropriation Act.

Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, had said at the end of of the Forum's meeting on Tuesday that the decision by the minister to entrust the constitutional responsibility of managing the country's economy on the Economic Management Team constituted by the Presidency, rather than the National Economic Council, was a violation of the provisions of the Act.

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