President Buhari Names Mohammed Dikwa As Acting AGF

President Muhammadu Buhari  has appointed Mr. Mohammed Kyari Dikwa as acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) on Friday, June 12.

The appointment takes immediate effect from June 12, 2015. The decision was followed by previous previous AGF Mr. Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla’s retirement from service.

You might be interested to know the following facts about the newly appointed Accountant-General:

Education

Mohammed Kyari Dikwa, was born on 3rd January, 1960 in Dikwa town of Borno State. He had his primary education at Dikwa Central Primary School from 1970-77. He attended Science Secondary School Gashua and Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri where he obtained WAEC and Diploma (Accounting) from 1982 and1985 respectively. He had BSc-Degree in Accountancy and MBA (Finance) both from University of Maiduguri in 1991 and 1996 respectively.

He is a professional accountant and member of many professional bodies, few to mention include, Fellow Certified National Accountant, Associate Member–Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Fellow- Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, Life Member – Nigeria Economic Society, Member–Institute of Administration of Nigeria, Member–Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply United Kingdom, Council Member–Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Nigeria among others.

Career and qualifications

Mr. Dikwa started his working career with the Borno State Civil Service in August, 1985 and served in various Ministries, Departments and Agencies. He was appointed as State Accountant-General in May, 1999 and Permanent Secretary in February, 2002.  In September 2004, he joined the Federal Civil Service as Director under the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

He served on the Boards of many Federal Government Companies and Agencies, few to mention include, Transcorp Hilton, Bank of Industry, Defence Industry Corporation, Mtel, Nitel, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme, and Bank of Agriculture etc. He was the Director in-charge of Revenue and Investment, and presently the Director of Funds under the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation. He is happily married with children.

The appointment is one in the series of first senior cadre appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. A week ago Femi Adesina and Mallam Garba Shehu were named as his spokesmen. Besides, Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure was appointed as the state chief of protocol.