Finance Minister of Nigeria - Wikipedia Finance Minister of Nigeria The Minister of Finance of Nigeria is a senior cabinet official in the Nigerian Federal Executive Council. The Finance Minister 's directs the Nigerian Ministry of Finance and ensures that it operates in a transparent, accountable and efficient manner to bolster the country 's economic development priorities. The Minister is assisted by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, a career civil servant. The current Nigerian Minister of Finance is Kemi Adeosun Main article : Nigerian Ministry of Finance Duties of minister Preparation of annual budgetary estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Federal Government. Determination of Federal Government fiscal policies. Mobilization of domestic and external financial resources for national development purposes. Management of foreign exchange reserves. Management of Federal Government revenue. Currency valuation. Regulation of the insurance industry Revenue allocation management. Contents 1 Ministers of Finance 2 Other 3 See also 4 References Ministers of Finance Name Term Festus Okotie - Eboh 1960 -- 1966 Obafemi Awolowo 1967 -- 1971 Shehu Shagari 1971 -- 1975 Asumoh Ete Ekukinam 1976 -- 1977 James Oluleye 1977 -- 1979 Sunday Essang 1979 -- 1983 Onaolapo Soleye 1984 -- 1985 Kalu Idika Kalu 1985 -- 1986 Chu Okongwu 1986 -- 1990 Olu Falae 1990 -- 1990 Abubakar Alhaji 1990 -- 1993 Aminu Saleh 1993 -- 1993 Kalu Idika Kalu 1993 -- 1994 Anthony Ani 1994 -- 1998 Ismaila Usman 1998 -- 1999 Adamu Ciroma 1999 -- 2003 Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala 2003 -- 2006 Nnenadi Usman 2006 -- 2007 Shamsuddeen Usman 2007 -- 2009 Mansur Mukhtar 2009 -- 2010 Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga 2010 -- June, 2011 Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala July 2011 -- May 2015 Kemi Adeosun 11 November 2015 -- present Other This title is often referenced in unsolicited spam or phishing e-mails that are intended to trick the reader into sending personal information to a scam artist who will then use the information in an unethical way. Another common email scam referencing this title is known as the Nigerian Advance Fee or ' 419 ' scam. The ' 419 ' refers to the paragraph citation in Nigeria 's criminal laws. Another variation that may sometimes reference this title includes a false claim that an individual 's email address was drawn as a winner of an astronomical sum of money. Some of the emails, both the phishing emails, and the Advance Fee fraud or ' 419 ' emails, often reference this article directly in Wikipedia by linking to it, in an attempt to establish a claim of legitimacy as to who they are that are asking for personal information in those emails. See also Nigerian Ministry of Finance Federal Ministries of Nigeria References Official Website - Federal Ministry of Finance Current Minister of Finance Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finance_Minister_of_Nigeria&oldid=852371205 '' Categories : Federal ministers of Nigeria Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 28 July 2018, at 14 : 25 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what is the name of the minister of finance in nigeria
Answer: Kemi Adeosun