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Nigerian public in various high ranking positions, including as managing director of the Kaduna State of Nigeria's investment company, and also the Chief Finance Officer of the Nigeria mobile telecommunications company. Zainab was reappointed and sworn in as the Minister of
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937:"Profile of Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed - Daily Trust"
916:"Zainab Ahmed fit for office of finance minister – GOGAN - Trending News"
864:"Nigeria's new cabinet inaugurated, president remains Petroleum minister"
1133:"FULL LIST: 2022 National Honours Award Recipients The Nation Newspaper"
685:"Buhari accepts Adeosun resignation, names Zainab Ahmed as replacement"
1111:"Mrs. Zainab Ahmed: 24th Nigerian Minister Of Finance | The Abusites"
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762:"Zainab Ahmed: The official overseeing Nigeria's finance ministry"
529:"Zainab Ahmed: The official overseeing Nigeria's finance ministry"
561:"'Minister's approval of TAT rule at variance with enabling Act'"
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989:"Fashola gets Works as Ngige, Amaechi, Lai retain portfolios"
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public debt that is now estimated at more than $ 80billion.
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467:, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2018)
712:"Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed's profile – Fellow Press"
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394:Ahmed's MBA was obtained in August 2004 from the
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588:"Buhari assigns portfolios to new ministers"
437:Finance on 21 August 2019 by the President.
19:Not to be confused with the U.S prosecutor,
737:"The CVs Of Buhari's Ministers At A Glance"
609:"The CVs of Buhari's ministers at a glance"
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371:Early life and education
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367:on 14 September 2018.
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320:Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed
131:Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
993:The Nation Newspaper
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1273:Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
1208:Asumoh Ete Ekukinam
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