The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and is the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
Muhammadu Buhari is a Nigerian statesman who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian Army major general, he served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power from the Shehu Shagari civilian government in a military coup d'état. The term Buharism is used to describe the authoritarian policies of his military regime.
The vice president of Nigeria is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the federal government of Nigeria, after the president of Nigeria, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Officially styled vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the vice president is directly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office.
Corruption is an anti-social attitude awarding improper privileges contrary to legal and moral norms and impairs the authorities' capacity to secure the welfare of all citizens. Corruption in Nigeria is a constant phenomenon. In 2012, Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion to corruption since its independence.
The Fourth Republic is the current republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999, it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. Nigeria adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic on 29 May 1999.
The Nigerian Civil Service consists of employees in Nigerian government agencies other than the military and police. Most employees are career civil servants in the Nigerian ministries, progressing based on qualifications and seniority. Recently the head of the service has been introducing measures to make the ministries more efficient and responsive to the public.
Accountant general or accountant-general is, or was, the name of a government post in several countries.
Abdulmumin Jibrin is a Nigerian politician, businessman, academic, and member of the Nigerian House of Representatives represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State who was recently re-elected on the platform of the New Nigerian People Party. He served as the Federal Housing Authority's Executive Director of Research and Innovation Development from October 2021 until May 2022, under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla OFR was a Nigerian financial accountant who served as Accountant General of the Federation of Nigeria. He also served as board members of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Otunla died on 17 June 2024, at the age of 69.
Ahmed Idris is a Nigerian financial accountant who served as the accountant general of Nigeria. He was appointed accountant general on 25 June 2015, to succeed Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla who was sacked by president Muhammadu Buhari on allegedly misappropriating N2.5 billion of security agencies’ funds. Idris was re-appointed accountant general after Buhari won a second term in 2019 and was suspended from office on may 18 2022 by the nigerian finance minister for misappropriating the fund of 80 Billion naira.
Treasury Single Account (TSA) is a government financial policy to use a single bank account for all inflows of funds from all government agencies. The policy is in use in several countries around the world. Such a unified structure is recommended by the IMF, as all government funds are collected in one account which could reduce borrowing costs, extend credit and improve government's fiscal policy among other benefits to government. The IMF also recommends the establishment of a legal basis to ensure its robustness and stability.
MTN Group, a major multi-national telecom company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was handed down a $5.2 billion fine by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The commission exercised section 20(1) of the Telephone Subscribers regulation (TSR) law on MTN, for not meeting the deadline set up by the Mobile network operators (MNOs) for disconnecting the Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM) with improper registration. The compliance audit carried out by the NCC on MTN network revealed unregistered 5.2 million customers lines un-deactivated. This led to the NCC fining MTN with the sum of $1000 for each unregistered SIM, which amounted to $5.2bn.
Abubakar MalamiSAN, is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation from 2015 to 2023.
Ben Akabueze is a Nigerian Chartered Accountant and the former Director General of the Budget office of the Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria. He served as the CEO of NAL Bank Plc and was for over two terms Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget with the Lagos State Government.
Mallam Adamu Adamu is a Nigerian accountant, journalist and politician who served as the minister of Education from 2015 to 2023.
Adolphus Aghughu Arhotomhenla is a Nigerian public servant. He was the Auditor General for the Federation and Chairperson, African Union Board of External Auditors.
The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission is an agency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that oversees the revenues accruing to and disbursement of such funds from the Federal Account. The Body also ensures that there is conformity and equity in the nation's revenue allocation formulae.
Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein is the first female Accountant-General of the Federation.
Zacch Adelabu Adedeji is a Nigerian accountant, tax administrator, and public officer who specializes in corporate taxation and public finance development. He served as the Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State from June 2011 to May 2015 and is currently the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
