WASHINGTON D.C: The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed led the Federal Government’s delegation to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank spring meetings holding in Washington DC. In this interview with journalists at the sideline of the event, she spoke on various issues ranging from the $800m fuel subsidy palliative, Nigeria’s debt burden, revenue generation challenges and benefits of the meetings to the Nigerian economy among other issues. Ifeanyi Onuba of THE WHISTLER was there. EXCERPTS.
The Nigerian delegation comprised myself, the Governor of CBN, The PSF and some Chief Executives of the parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Finance. The uniqueness of this delegation is that we also have some members of the Transition Team here with us.
