Nigeria risks fiscal crisis without increased revenue — Ahmed (Punch)

Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has warned that the Nigerian economy could go into fiscal crisis if the country fails to increase its revenue.

Ahmed spoke at the headquarters of the ministry shortly after the inauguration of the new ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari.

She noted that the President had doubled the task of the ministry of finance by matching it with the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.

Addressing the management staff of the ministry, she said, “The President has just doubled our assignment. We got this assignment because of the quality of work that we have produced. Ministry of Finance has some of the best cerebral civil servants that we have today. Read more