Nigeria: For Zainab Ahmed, the Task Is Daunting

23 August 2019

Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, can pass as the supper minister of the President Muhammadu Buhari's Next Level cabinet. Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) held that title in the Change Cabinet when he was the minister of Power Works and Housing.

Mrs. Ahmed was previously Minister of State Budget, before she was made Minister of Finance following Mrs. Kemi Adeosun's resignation. Now she has Budget and National Planning added to her supervision even though she has a minister of state, Budget and Planning, Mr. Clement Agba.

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