President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, June 25, appointed Alhaji Ahmed Idris as the Accountant General of the Federation.

The appointment was disseminated Haruna Imrana, Director of Communications for the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi.

Owing to the fact that not a lot is known about the new Accountant-General, we’ve painstakingly compiled 5 things you should know about him;

 

1. The New Accountant-General is an alumni of Ahmadu Bello University, where he bagged a B.Sc in Accounting as well as an MBA, among others.

 

2. He joined the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation exactly four and half years ago. He would later be appointed Director of Finance and Accounts in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.

 

3. The office of the Head of Service conducted examinations for prospective candidates for the position of Accountant-General. Idris was picked for the job out of all Directors of Finance and Accounts and senior officials of the Audit department, from about 60 ministries, who attended the first round of examination.

 

4. Alhaji Idris was between 2000 and 2002, a Financial Analyst for Petroleum Trust Fund. President Muhammadu Buhari served as the inaugural Chairman of the PTF when it was created by Sani Abacha in 1994.

 

5.  Alhaji Ahmed Idris, who is from Kano state, was born in the year Nigerian gained partial independence from Britain; in 1960, the 25th day of November.