Tag: Zainab Ahmed

Buhari’s female ministers enmeshed in N206bn budget padding scandal

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

President Muhammadu Buhari’s female ministers are at loggerheads as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, blamed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, for adding N206bn to the humanitarian ministry’s budget. Farouq, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties on Monday to defend the 2023 budget, claimed that the ministry requested some projects for the North East Development Commission and the National Social Safety Net Project in the 2022 budget, which were not released, but was surprised to see an inflated amount in…

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N1.15bn SUVs for Niger Republic: ‘We did it in Nigeria’s interest’ – Finance Minister

Jide Ige

Zainab Ahmed, a cabinet minister in Buhari’s government has said the disbursement of N1.15bn for the purchase of 10 SUVs for the Republic of Niger is to enable the country to safeguard its territory in the best interest of Nigeria’s security. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Buhari, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said it was not the first time Nigeria is supporting her neighbours. She argued that the President had a responsibility to make such…

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