Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris

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Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris
Commissioner of Finance
Assumed office
2016

Overall Best 100 Level Accounting Student, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1996

Overall Best 200 Level Accounting Student, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1997

MD/CEO letter of commendation for Team Player, Zenith Bank Plc, 2002

MD/CEO award for the best operational efficiency cash officer in the North, Zenith Bank Plc, 2006.

Award for Financial Transparency by World Bank. [21]

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