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Nigeria: IMF Meetings - Cardoso Leads Nigerian Delegation As Finance Minister Falls Ill
Olayemi Cardoso steps in as Nigeria's lead at the World Bank-IMF meetings amid Finance Minister Wale Edun’s serious health issues requiring emergency treatment, officials said.
- On Monday, October 13, Nigeria's Minister of Finance Wale Edun is indisposed, so Olayemi Cardoso, CBN Governor, will lead Nigeria's delegation in Washington, D.C.
- Health reports say Wale Edun was flown abroad for emergency treatment after an apparent stroke, with sources describing his condition as very serious and linked to exhaustion from recent budget discussions with the Senate.
- A presidential statement from Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, disclosed the Nigerian team includes Mrs. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of State for Finance, senior government officials and financial institution representatives.
- President Bola Tinubu has begun discreet consultations to find a temporary replacement for Wale Edun, whose absence is expected to affect ongoing fiscal initiatives and recent Senate budget discussions.
- The meetings concentrate on emerging security threats in West Africa and the Sahel region, gathering heads of state, intelligence chiefs, finance ministers and central bank governors to discuss terrorism, organised crime, maritime insecurity, growth, debt sustainability and financial stability.
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