The Federal Government has appointed Mr Anamekwe Nwabuoku as the acting Accountant General of the Federation.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s former aide, Bashir Ahmad confirmed Nwabuoku’s appointment via his Twitter handle.
Bashir Ahmed tweeted, “Mr. Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku has been appointed to oversee the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, pending the outcome of the EFCC investigation of the suspended AGF, Ahmad Idris,”
NEWS: Mr. Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku has been appointed to oversee the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, pending the outcome of the EFCC investigation of the suspended AGF, Ahmad Idris.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) May 22, 2022
Anamekwe Nwabuoku‘s appointment followed the suspension of Ahmed Idris who is being investigated for allegedly stealing N80 billion.
Who Is Anamekwe Nwabuoku?
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 Common Wealth 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.
Currently, he is Director, Inspectorate Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, and presently he is overseeing the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
Mr. Anamekwe, who has attended several management courses both locally and internationally, is a Fellow, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management ( NIM).
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