The Presidency has reassured Nigerians that Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, is recovering well after reports about his health spread online.
President Tinubu appointed CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the World Bank and IMF meetings. The Presidency clarified that Cardoso replaced Edun, who was “indisposed”, according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
Despite rumours that Edun had suffered a stroke and was flown abroad, officials confirmed he remains in Abuja and is making a full recovery.
In a post on X, Sunday Dare, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Communications, said he spoke with the minister directly.
“Moments ago, I got off the phone with Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, in Abuja. Over a bowl of amala, we spoke for a few minutes with assurances he was getting better. I wished him the best of health,” Dare wrote.
The message calmed public concern over the minister’s health. Edun, a key Tinubu aide, drives Nigeria’s fiscal and monetary reforms to stabilize the naira and boost economic growth.
