President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Zainab Ahmed as the new Minister of Finance.
Zainab Ahmed was until now the Minister of State Budget and National Planning.
The appointment was announced by the President on Friday, after accepting the resignation of Mrs Kemi Adeosun.
The President thanked the Minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. Ahmed was born in Kaduna State. She got her first degree in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981, after-which she proceeded to Ogun State University for her MBA. Adeosun bowed out after an allegation by the that she presented a fake NYSC exemption certificate as part of the requirements for clearance as a minister by the Senate. Until today, Adeosun kept quiet until she was faced with a report that concurred with the publication and declared the certificate fake. “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medium that the Certificate of Exemption from National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) that I had presented was not genuine. This has come as a shock to me and I believe that in line with this administration’s focus on integrity, I must do the honourable thing and resign”, she wrote in her letter to President Buhari.
