Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed

'The security authorities have been doing a lot of work and we have seen the production numbers pick up …some of the wells that had to be shut in because of the criminality have now been opened ' finance minister Zainab Ahmed told Bloomberg News on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the IMF in Washington DC on 21 April...

One of Buhari's responses was to back a 20% pay rise for the police but Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed and Secretary to the Federation Boss Mustapha are working on a wider plan to cut the public sector wage bill by restructuring the civil service...

On 24 November Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed announced the government would introduce a cash transfer scheme next July for over 40 million Nigerians hardest hit by its plans to end fuel subsidies...

Comments last month from Finance Budget and National Planning Minister Zainab Ahmed interpreted to mean that the official exchange rate had been merged with the prevailing sub-N400/US$ rate at the influential Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Rate Fixing (NAFEX) were promptly denied by Governor Emefiele (AC Vol 61 No 15 The shake-up that didn't happen)...

Just as concerning to Buhari Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed and central bank (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele are Nigeria's struggles with inflation the Naira and foreign exchange reserves revenues and the deficit and the inevitable rise in borrowing to fund the proposed N13...

Figures released by Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed suggest that between January and August federally retained oil revenues available for the 2020 federal budget were greater than the pro-rata budget...

The NEC's Ad-Hoc Committee on Covid-19 was chaired by Osinbajo and included the most powerful financial officials in the country: Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed budget minister Clement Agba deputy oil minister Timipre Sylva NNPC managing director Mele Kyari and Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele...

In the application for the IMF loan in April Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said the government would allow a 'more unified and flexible exchange rate regime' increase tax revenues to 15% of gross domestic product and set power tariffs at market rates by 2021...

Also on Osinbajo's committee is Emefiele Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed the NNPC's Kyari Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva and four other key ministers: Chris Ngige (labour); Niyi Adebayo (trade and industry); Sadiya Farouq (humanitarian affairs); and Babatunde Fashola (works and housing)...

Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed are trying to smooth things over with the neighbouring states badly hit by the shutdown but there is no sign of a U-turn...

The economy ministers: Zainab Ahmed (Finance); Timipre Sylva (Petroleum Minister of State); Minister Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo (Trade and Investment); Chris Ngige (Labour); Olamilekan Adegbite (Mines); Mohammed Nanono (Agriculture); Rotimi Amaechi (Transport); and Sale Mamman (Power)...