Federal Ministry of Finance (Nigeria)

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The Federal Ministry of Finance is the government body that manages the finances of the Federal Government of Nigeria, including managing, controlling and monitoring federal revenues and expenditures. [1]

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Roles of finance ministry: Some of the role of the finance ministry include collecting and disbursing government revenue, formulating policies on taxation, tariffs, fiscal management etc., preparing and managing the annual budget, preparing annual accounts for ministries, departments and agencies, managing federal debt and regulating the capital market. [1]

Leadership

A senior civil servant acts as Permanent Secretary of the minister, assisting the politically appointed Minister of Finance, who is a member of the President's cabinet. Stephen Osagiede Oronsaye was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance on August 20, 2008. [2] He was appointed Head of the Nigerian Civil Service in June 2009. [3] The Permanent Secretary as of December 2009 was Ochi C. Achinivu. [4] Shamsuddeen Usman was Minister of Finance from July 2007 to January 2009, when he was replaced by Mansur Muhtar. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, assumed office as the Minister of Finance on 11 July 2011 through 29 May 2015. [5] [6] Kemi Adeosun was appointed by Muhammadu Buhari and assumed the office of Finance Minister in 2015. Kemi Adeosun resigned from the cabinet as a result of complications with her discharged certificate from the National Youth Service Corp. Mrs Zainab Ahmed was recently appointed as the Minister of Finance. [7]

Parastatals and agencies

The Ministry of Finance is responsible for a number of parastatals and agencies:

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