Acting Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed on Monday resumed in her new office after her appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday to replace Kemi Adeosun, who resigned.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Mahmoud Isa-Dutse and other directors of the Ministry, on Monday received her in Abuja.

Ahmed ,while addressing members of staff of the ministry who had gathered to receive her, said going forward, she would work closely with the Permanent Secretary to catch up on the activities of the Ministry.

She said: “These are very challenging times for our country. It means we are part of the economic team that has been charged with making sure there is economic stability in our country.

“We have very serious revenue challenges and it is up to us to shore up the revenues of this country.

“Mr President has a lot of confidence that we can do this. We are working for Mr President, but at the end of the day, we are working for the benefit of the citizens of our country.

“There are a lot of sacrifices that I know that you have done, and we are going to push ourselves to still do more so that at the end of the day we will say Alhamdulillah– glory be to God,” she said.

Before her new appointment, Ahmed was the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning.