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 Wale Edun appointed by President Bola Tinubu on 16 August 2023.^[1]

Minister of Finance of Nigeria
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
Formation	1960
First holder	Festus Okotie-Eboh
Website	osgf.gov.ng

Duties of the minister

• Preparation of annual budgetary estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Federal Government.
• Determination of Federal Government fiscal policies.
• Mobilization of domestic and external financial resources for national development purposes.
• Management of foreign exchange reserves.
• Management of Federal Government revenue.
• Currency valuation.
• Regulation of the insurance industry
• Revenue allocation management.

Ministers of finance

Head of government	Name	Term
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	Festus Okotie-Eboh	1960–1966
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Yakubu Gowon	Obafemi Awolowo	1967–1971
	Shehu Shagari	1971–1975
Murtala Muhammed Olusegun Obasanjo	Asumoh Ete Ekukinam	1976–1977
Olusegun Obasanjo	James Oluleye	1977–1979
Shehu Shagari	Sunday Essang	1979–1983
Muhammadu Buhari	Onaolapo Soleye	1984–1985
Ibrahim Babangida	Kalu Idika Kalu	1985–1986
	Chu Okongwu	1986–1990
	Olu Falae	1990–1990
	Abubakar Alhaji	1990–1993
Ernest Shonekan	Aminu Saleh	1993–1993
Sani Abacha	Kalu Idika Kalu	1993–1994
	Anthony Ani	1994–1998
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

See also

• Nigerian Ministry of Finance
• Federal Ministries of Nigeria