Finance Minister of Nigeria explained

Post:Minister of Finance
Department:Federal Ministry of Finance
Formation:1960
First:Festus Okotie-Eboh
Appointer:The President
Seat:Abuja
Reports To:The President
Body:Nigeria
Member Of:Federal Executive Council
Style:Mr. Minister
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
Incumbentsince:16 August 2023
Insignia:Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg
Incumbent:Wale Edun

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 Wale Edun appointed by President Bola Tinubu on 16 August 2023.[1]

Duties of the minister

Ministers of Finance

Head of governmentNameTerm
Sir Abubakar Tafawa BalewaFestus Okotie-Eboh1960 - 1966
Johnson Aguiyi-IronsiYakubu GowonObafemi Awolowo1967 - 1971
Shehu Shagari1971 - 1975
Murtala MuhammedOlusegun ObasanjoAsumoh Ete Ekukinam1976 - 1977
Olusegun ObasanjoJames Oluleye1977 - 1979
Shehu ShagariSunday Essang1979 - 1983
Muhammadu BuhariOnaolapo Soleye1984 - 1985
Ibrahim BabangidaKalu Idika Kalu1985 - 1986
Chu Okongwu1986 - 1990
Olu Falae1990 - 1990
Abubakar Alhaji1990 - 1993
Ernest ShonekanAminu Saleh1993 - 1993
Sani AbachaKalu Idika Kalu1993 - 1994
Anthony Ani1994 - 1998
Abdulsalami AbubakarIsmaila UsmanAugust 1998  - May 1999
Olusegun ObasanjoAdamu CiromaJune 1999  - May 2003
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala15 July 2003  - 21 June 2006
Nenadi UsmanJuly 2006  - May 2007
Umaru Musa Yar'AduaShamsuddeen UsmanJune 2007  - 17 December 2008
Mansur Mukhtar17 December 2008  - 17 March 2010
Goodluck JonathanOlusegun Olutoyin Aganga6 April 2010  - June 2011
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala17 August 2011  - 29 May 2015
Muhammadu BuhariKemi Adeosun11 November 2015 – 14 September 2018
Zainab Ahmed14 September 2018 – 29 May 2023
Bola TinubuWale Edun21 August 2023 – present-->

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CLOSE-UP: This is Zainab Ahmed - the new finance minister who schooled in Ogun state. 2018-09-15. TheCable. en-US. 2020-02-26.