Finance Minister of Nigeria

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Minister of Finance of Nigeria
Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg
Incumbent
Wale Edun
since 16 August 2023
Federal Ministry of Finance
Style Mr. Minister
(informal)
The Honorable
(formal)
Member of Federal Executive Council
Reports to The President
Seat Abuja
Appointer The President
Formation1960
First holder Festus Okotie-Eboh
Website osgf.gov.ng

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]

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Duties of the minister

Ministers of finance

Head of governmentNameTerm
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Festus Okotie-Eboh 19601966
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

Yakubu Gowon

Obafemi Awolowo 19671971
Shehu Shagari 19711975
Murtala Muhammed

Olusegun Obasanjo

Asumoh Ete Ekukinam 19761977
Olusegun Obasanjo James Oluleye 19771979
Shehu Shagari Sunday Essang 19791983
Muhammadu Buhari Onaolapo Soleye 19841985
Ibrahim Babangida Kalu Idika Kalu 19851986
Chu Okongwu 19861990
Olu Falae 19901990
Abubakar Alhaji 19901993
Ernest Shonekan Aminu Saleh 19931993
Sani Abacha Kalu Idika Kalu 19931994
Anthony Ani 19941998
Abdulsalami Abubakar Ismaila Usman August 1998 May 1999
Olusegun Obasanjo Adamu Ciroma June 1999 May 2003
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 15 July 2003 21 June 2006
Nenadi Usman July 2006 May 2007
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Shamsuddeen Usman June 2007 17 December 2008
Mansur Mukhtar 17 December 2008 17 March 2010
Goodluck Jonathan Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga 6 April 2010 June 2011
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 17 August 2011 29 May 2015
Muhammadu Buhari Kemi Adeosun 11 November 2015 – 14 September 2018
Zainab Ahmed 14 September 2018 – 29 May 2023
Bola Tinubu Wale Edun 21 August 2023 – present

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