{"id":37506,"date":"2015-04-05T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=37506"},"modified":"2015-04-05T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T14:49:08","slug":"tinubu-obasanjo-fight-over-choice-of-soludo-as-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-obasanjo-fight-over-choice-of-soludo-as-finance-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu,\u00a0 Obasanjo fight over choice of\u00a0 Soludo as Finance minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The historic conclusion to the March 28th presidential elections may have turned the political structures of the ruling party on its head in a manner that marveled many within the country but the uncertainties surrounding the staffing of the incoming Buhari administration appears to pose a more intriguing scenario.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This is as information available to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0186ba;\" href=\"http:\/\/247ureports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">247ureports.com<\/a>\u00a0indicates that the typical horse trading for the sensitive ministerial positions within the Buhari administration has ensued.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Available information indicates that the former Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo may have been presented by the former president of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo as the possible Minister of Finance for the Buhari administration. Prof. Soludo had served as a member of the economic team for the Obasanjo administration prior to becoming the governor of the CBN.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Soludo\u2019s presentation to the incoming administration as the likely minister of finance is reported to have raised eyebrows within the inner circles of the All Progressive Congress [APC] \u2013 who explained that Soludo remains a card carrying member of the All Progressive Grand Alliance [APGA]. He complained that Soludo cannot be allowed to reap where he did not sow.\u00a0 The main chieftain of the party, Bola Tinubu is said to be among the APC members who were skeptical about Soludo\u2019s possible appointment as Finance minister.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Source: 247UReports<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic conclusion to the March 28th presidential elections may have turned the political structures of the ruling party on its head in a manner that marveled many within the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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