Finance Minister of Nigeria

The Minister of Finance of Nigeria is a senior cabinet official in the Nigerian Federal Executive Council. The Finance Minister's directs the Nigerian Ministry of Finance and ensures that it operates in a transparent, accountable and efficient manner to bolster the country's economic development priorities. The Minister is assisted by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, a career civil servant.

The current Nigerian Minister of Finance is Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed appointed on 14 September 2018 in Abuja.^[1] Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari accepted the resignation of his Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun.^[2]

Main article: Nigerian Ministry of Finance

Duties of minister

• Preparation of annual budgetary estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Federal Government.
• Determination of Federal Government fiscal policies.
• Mobilization of domestic and external financial resources for national development purposes.
• Management of foreign exchange reserves.
• Management of Federal Government revenue.
• Currency valuation.
• Regulation of the insurance industry
• Revenue allocation management.

Ministers of Finance

Name	Term
Festus Okotie-Eboh	1960–1966
Obafemi Awolowo	1967–1971
Shehu Shagari	1971–1975
Asumoh Ete Ekukinam	1976–1977
James Oluleye	1977–1979
Sunday Essang	1979–1983
Onaolapo Soleye	1984–1985
Kalu Idika Kalu	1985–1986
Chu Okongwu	1986–1990
Olu Falae	1990–1990
Abubakar Alhaji	1990–1993
Aminu Saleh	1993–1993
Kalu Idika Kalu	1993–1994
Anthony Ani	1994–1998
Ismaila Usman	1998–1999
Adamu Ciroma	1999–2003
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	2003–2006
Nenadi Usman	2006–2007
Shamsuddeen Usman	2007–2009
Mansur Mukhtar	2009–2010
Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga	2010– June 2011
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala	July 2011–May 2015
Kemi Adeosun	11 November 2015– September 2018
Zainab Ahmed	September 2018 – present

See also

• Nigerian Ministry of Finance
• Federal Ministries of Nigeria

References

1. "CLOSE-UP: This is Zainab Ahmed - the new finance minister who schooled in Ogun state". TheCable. 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
2. "Nigerian Finance Minister Adeosun resigns over forgery claims". Firstpost. Retrieved 2020-02-26.