Ahmed+Idris+AGF FAAC
Buhari reappoints
Ahmed+Idris+AGF FAAC
Buhari reappoints Ahmed Idris as AGF
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris
yesterday, made history as the first Nigerian in the recent time to
be appointed as the Accountant-General of the Federation for two
terms in office.
This followed a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, conveying the approval of
President Muhammadu Buhari for the re-appointment of Mr. Ahmed
Idris, for the second and final tenure of four years as the
Accountant –General of the Federation.
According to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Mr. Idris’ re-appointment is “in accordance with Section 171 of the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended),
and will take effect from June 25th 2019.”
It will be recalled that Mr. Ahmed Idris was first appointed on
June 25th 2015 and he has been instrumental to the successful
turn-around in the nation’s public finance machinery.
Unarguably, Mr. Idris re-appointment may not be unconnected to
his successful implementation of a number of far-reaching reforms
in the Public Finance Management (PFM). Under his watch, the
Nigerian Public Finance Management arena has undergone quite a
number of reform initiatives; such as the Treasury Single Account,
(TSA) which has garnered national and international acclaim; the
Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) which has
saved the nation billions of naira as well as cut down on ghost
workers syndrome; the International Public Sector Accounting
Standard (IPSAS) which saw Nigeria transiting from Cash Basis
reporting to Accrual Basis; the Government Integrated Financial
Management Information System (GIFMIS) a centralized platform for
Government Budgeting and Expenditure; the Assets Tracking
Management Project (ATMP); the on-going transformation of the
Federal Treasury Academy as a world-class training institution, and
a host of others.
Mr. Ahmed Idris, is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow of the
Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) and the first
member of the Association to be so appointed as the
Accountant-General of the Federation. He is also member of other
professional bodies such as Fellow Chartered Institute of Taxation
of Nigeria, Certified Institute of Cost Management of Nigeria and
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Member, Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) Board of Directors, Member, Presidential Technical
Committee on National Minimum Wage, Pro-tem Council Member of
Chartered Institute of Forensic And Investigative Auditors of
Nigeria (CIFIAN), Member, Committee on Utilization of Treasury
Single Account (TSA) for receipts of all revenues of Federal
Government, Member, Inter-Agency Committee on the Recovery of
Portfolio loans of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria
(AMCON). The AGF is also a Member, Board of the Royal Swaziland
Sugar Corporation (RSSC); Member, International Public Sector
Accounting Standards Board, Consultative Advisory Group (IPSASB
CAG) and a host of others.
Mr. Ahmed Idris is a 1984 BSc Accounting graduate of Ahmadu
Bello University (ABU) Zaria, a Masters of Business Administration
(MBA) holder from Bayero University Kano as well as a Master of
International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD) holder from ABU
Zaria.
He had also attended local and foreign courses including Revenue
Generation and Accountability for Local Governments organised by
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). On the
international front, Idris, has attended the World Bank
Disbursement Seminar, Reston, Virginia USA; IPSAS Course,
Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, among several
others.
Mr. Ahmed Idris is married with Children, and has his hobbies as
reading, academic discussion and excursion..
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Henshaw Ogubike
Deputy Director and Head Press and Public Relations (OAGF)