Biographical overview
Treasury in 2002, she moved to Nigeria Mobile Telecommunications as General Manager Finance in September, 2005 and later became Chief Finance Officer of MTEL. She was appointment as the Managing Director of Kaduna Investment Company by the Executive Governor of Kaduna State in March, 2009 to help Kaduna State define, plan and implement an accelerated industrial development programme. This was the position she held until her appointment as member of the National Stakeholders Working Group (NSWG, the Board of NEITI) and later the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in October 2010. She was later elevated to the position of Minister of State for Budget and National Planning
Biographical record
- Surname
- AHMED
- First Name
- Zainab
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 16 June 1960
- State of Origin
- Kaduna State
- Place of Birth
- Kaduna State
- Profession
- Accountant
Administrator - Working Experience
- Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning
- Schools Attended with Dates
- Queen Amina College, Kaduna State; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Ogun State University (now known as Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye Ogun State
- Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications
- - Member, Chartered Institute of Management Taxation;
- Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM);
- Fellow, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN);
- Fellow, Institute of Company and Commercial Accountants.
- Present Appointment
- Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Previous Appointments
- - Accountant II, Main Accounts of Ministry of Finance, Kaduna State,1982-1984;
- Accountant I, Main Accounts of Ministry of Finance, Kaduna State,1984-1985;
- Senior Officer (Finance), NITEL, 1985;
- Deputy General Manager, Corporate Treasury, Nigerian Telecommunication Ltd (NITEL), 2002;
- Acting Chief Finance Officer, MTEL, 2005-2009;
- Managing Director, Kaduna Industrial and Finance Corporation (KIFC), March 3, 2009- October 2010;
- Executive Secretary and National Coordinator, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), 2010;
- Minister of State for Budget and National, 2015-2018 - Have you ever been a member of any political party?
- N/A
- Other Relevant Information
- Mrs. Zainab Ahmed Received the conveted EITI Chair Award as the BEST EITI IMPLEMENTING country at the 2013 Bi annual conference in Sydney
- Source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zainab_Ahmed..https://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,367141.0.html
Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zainab_Ahmed..https://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,367141.0.html
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