The federal government has approved the appointment of
Anamekwe Nwabuoku to oversee the office of the accountant-general of the
federation (OAGF).
The appointment was announced in a statement issued on
Sunday by Yunusa Abdullahi, spokesperson to Zainab Ahmed, the minister of
finance.
Nwabuoku’s appointment comes amid a probe into allegations
of N80 billion fraud linked to Ahmed Idris, accountant-general of the
federation.
Idris was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) on May 16 — the anti-graft agency said he had refused to
honour invitations to answer questions on the fraud allegations.
The accountant-general general was subsequently suspended by
the finance minister two days after his arrest.
According to the statement issued on Sunday, Nwabuoku’s
appointment was contained “in a letter dated 20th May, 2022 and signed by Aliyu
Ahmed, Permanent Secretary (Finance), Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and
National Planning”.
The appointment will also be in effect “pending the outcome
of the investigation”.
“In this position,
Mr. Anamekwe is expected to carry out his duty in strict compliance with extant
rules and observe the highest sense of professionalism expected of an officer
working at his level,” the statement reads.
“Mr. Anamekwe was born on 15th October, 1962 to the family
of Mr. Robert O. Anamekwe in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
He holds Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accountancy from
the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, and Master of Science
(M.Sc) in Financial Management from Commonwealth University, Belize.
“He started his civil service career with the Centre for
Democratic Studies (CDS) and rose to the position of Principal Accountant
between 1992 and 1995. He was deployed to the Office of the AGF, Abuja, from
1996 to 2001 as Assistant Chief Accountant. He served at the National Assembly,
Office of the Senate President, from 2001 to 2003 as Special Assistant to the
Senate President on Public Affairs and his duties included Advisory Services to
the Senate President on Media and other issues.
“He assumed duty as Chief Accountant in the Ministry of
Defence Headquarters, Abuja and served as Head of Accounts Administration.
Following his promotion to Assistant Director, Accounts, he
was placed in charge of Funds in the Ministry from 2009 to 2012.
“He became a Deputy
Director (Accounts) in 2012 and was deployed to the Office of the Secretary to
the Government of the Federation (SGF) as Supervisory Officer of Ecological
Funds Accounts and other related matters.
“He was promoted to Director (Accounts) in 2017 and was
posted to Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. He was the
Director (Finance and Accounts), Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Abuja, from
May 2019 to March, 2021.”
According to the statement, Nwabuoku is currently the director,
inspectorate office of the accountant-general of the federation.
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