Interview: Nigeria's Finance minister on Finance Act, Privatisation and Government Finance's
Channel: BusinessDay NG
Date: 17/02/2020

BusinessDay’s senior analyst, Lolade Akinmurele, recently interviewed the minister for finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, on economic matters ranging from the state of government finances to the recently enacted Finance Act. 

In the interview, the Minister also gave a first-of-its-kind insight into a new initiative being developed by the finance ministry and the banking sector to boost consumer credit for the purpose of stimulating the economy.

She  provided a status report on the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) and admitted that Nigeria’s privatisation process has been slower than planned.