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 Kemi Adeosun

Duties of minister

Ministers of Finance

Name Term
Festus Okotie-Eboh 19601966
Obafemi Awolowo 19671971
Shehu Shagari 19711975
Asumoh Ete Ekukinam 19761977
James Oluleye 19771979
Sunday Essang 19791983
Onaolapo Soleye 19841985
Kalu Idika Kalu 19851986
Chu Okongwu 19861990
Olu Falae 19901990
Abubakar Alhaji 19901993
Aminu Saleh 19931993
Kalu Idika Kalu 19931994
Anthony Ani 19941998
Ismaila Usman 19981999
Adamu Ciroma 19992003
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 20032006
Nnenadi Usman 20062007
Shamsuddeen Usman 20072009
Mansur Mukhtar 20092010
Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga 2010 June, 2011
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala July 2011May 2015
Kemi Adeosun 11 November 2015–present

Other

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