An accountant and a woman with
Ogun state connection — is Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, acting minister of finance,
the new Kemi Adeosun (minus the NYSC bit)?
Like Adeosun, she studied
accounting. She holds a degree in accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, and a master’s in business administration from Ogun State University —
Adeosun’s home state.
Ahmed was on Friday appointed by
President Muhammadu Buhari to oversee the ministry of finance following the
resignation of Adeosun over the NYSC certificate issue.
Ahmed will hold the position only
on a temporary basis until the national assembly reconvenes and Buhari is able
to send a replacement for senate screening.
Here are eight facts you need to
know about Zainab Ahmed:
1. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed was born
55 years ago in Kaduna State. Ahmed is the daughter of Yahaya Hamza, the foster
father of Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state.
Hamza, who died in August 2015,
was once permanent secretary in the federal ministry of education and secretary
to the government of Kaduna state.
2. She obtained a Bachelors
Degree in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1981 and an MBA
from the Ogun state University, Ago Iwoye.
3. She started work in 1982 as an
Accountant in Kaduna State Ministry of Finance in Kaduna state and moved to
Nigerian Telecommunication Ltd (NITEL)
4. In 1995, where she worked in
various departments and rose to the rank of the Deputy General Manager (DGM).
5. Ahmed, who fondly calls
el-Rufai “my uncle” apparently because of the family ties, was until her appointment
as minister of state for budget and planning the executive secretary of the
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the extractive
sector watchdog. In 2010, she was appointed to serve as the executive secretary
of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
6. Before her appointment to
oversee finance ministry, she was Minister of State Budget and National
Planning.
7. She is a fellow of the
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), a member of the Nigerian
Institute of Taxation and the Nigerian Institute of Management.
8. In March 2009, she was
appointed Managing Director of Kaduna Investment Company. She was then
appointed a member of the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG).
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