𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐧, 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐰𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 — 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲

Eshioromeh Sebastian

The Presidency has clarified that former Finance Minister Wale Edun and former Housing Minister Ahmed Musa Dangiwa voluntarily resigned from their positions, contradicting speculation that they were sacked in a cabinet reshuffle.

According to a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Edun “duly tendered his resignation from office, citing health reasons, before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced his replacement on Tuesday.”

Edun, who also served as Coordinating Minister of the Economy, submitted his resignation letter on his 70th birthday after battling recent ill health. The statement noted that he “fittingly submitted his resignation letter on his birthday, thanking the President for the opportunity to serve Nigeria.”

Quoting from Edun’s letter, the statement read: “It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve your administration and the Renewed Hope Agenda. Under your leadership, Nigeria has emerged stronger, more resilient and more internationally respected. I wish you and the administration every success in the future.”

Onanuga disclosed that before the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation announced his departure from the Cabinet, “Edun paid a valedictory visit to the President at the Villa. He held an hour-long discussion with the president and then left to focus on his private businesses.”

The statement also confirmed that “the former Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, similarly resigned and thanked the President for the opportunity given him to serve in the Federal Executive Council.”

President Tinubu, according to the statement, “has expressed deep appreciation to Edun and Dangiwa for their dedicated service and significant contributions to the administration’s economic reform programme and wished them continued success in their future endeavours.”

The statement further revealed that “President Tinubu has urged the new Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, to consolidate ongoing reforms and advance the administration’s fiscal and economic objectives with renewed focus, discipline, and innovation.”

On the housing portfolio, Onanuga wrote that “President Tinubu will shortly send the ministerial nominee for housing, Muttaqha Rabe Darma, also from Katsina, like Dangiwa, to the Senate for confirmation.”