The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Financial system, Wale Edun, has reportedly travelled to the UK for medical therapy.
This improvement comes after the Presidency earlier introduced that Edun was receiving therapy at his residence in Abuja and would possibly search additional medical consideration overseas if crucial.
In line with a number of sources who confirmed the event on Tuesday, the minister has now left the nation. One of many sources stated, “It’s true, he has left already.”
Edun was stated to have departed Abuja for Lagos on Monday night time through a industrial flight earlier than boarding a British Airways flight to London later that night time.
In an earlier assertion, Particular Adviser to the President on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, defined that the Governor of the Central {Bank} of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, would lead the {economic} workforce in Edun’s absence, because the minister was “indisposed.”
There had been widespread rumours claiming that Edun suffered a stroke and was flown overseas for therapy, however the Presidency has since denied these experiences.
Presidential aides maintained that Edun, a key member of President Bola Tinubu’s {economic} workforce, is recuperating and in good spirits.