The coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said she is not planning to resign from her position.
Okonjo-Iweala, who briefed journalists on the state of the economy, yesterday said she was not ready to be drawn into political issues as she has a job to do in managing the nation’s economy, adding that she works for President Goodluck Jonathan and was therefore answerable to him. Replying to the call by Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi-led Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to resign, the minister said that the economy remained strong despite the current shortfalls in revenues.
But a member of Plateau State governor Jonah Jang-led NGF and Delta State governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday rose in defence of the minister, insisting that all the revenue-collecting agencies of the federal government should be asked to provide answers for the bad state of the economy.
The Amaechi-led NGF had, in a five-point communiqué at the end of its meeting at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, in Asokoro, Abuja, asked the finance minister to resign if she could not redress the situation by adhering strictly to the contents of the Appropriation Act.
The Amaechi-led NGF had, in a five-point communiqué at the end of its meeting at the Rivers State Governor’s Lodge, in Asokoro, Abuja, asked the finance minister to resign if she could not redress the situation by adhering strictly to the contents of the Appropriation Act.
Culled from Leadership Newspapers.
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