However, there appears to be pushback from some interests who alleged that the former minister did not follow due process.
It was also alleged that the minister neither obtained President Buhari's approval of her self-nomination nor the approval of the new President, Sen. Bola Tinubu. "This type of nomination is routine as a former DG Budget was nominated at the twilight of the Jonathan administration and nobody made any noise about it. It's truly unfair.The source explained that the AED position is usually occupied by former Ministers of Finance or Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Ministries of Finance .