The presidency says there isn’t a plan to replace the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economic system, Wale Edun.
This was contained in a press release on Sunday, stressing he was recuperating in his Abuja dwelling after falling unwell.
It additionally dismissed rumours that the minister suffered a stroke or had been flown overseas for therapy.
The Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, stated the Minister is receiving medical care in Nigeria.
“Sure, he’s indisposed. Wale Edun is about 69 years previous. He suddenly fell unwell. As we’re speaking, he’s in Nigeria. He’s recuperating. He’s round,” Onanuga stated.
The clarification from the presidency adopted hypothesis that President Tinubu was contemplating changing the minister after experiences of his unwell well being emerged late final week.
Earlier, the Presidency had confirmed that Edun wouldn’t be attending this 12 months’s World Financial institution and Worldwide Financial Fund Annual Conferences in Washington, D.C., stating that the Governor of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, would lead Nigeria’s delegation in his stead.
The conferences, which deliver collectively finance ministers, central bankers, and financial consultants from world wide, are scheduled to start on Monday, October 14.
Appointed on August 28, 2023, as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economic system, Edun has been on the forefront of President Tinubu’s fiscal reform agenda, together with efforts to stabilise the naira, scale back inflation, and entice overseas funding.
