# Secretary to the Government of the Federation

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation or SGF is the official title of the political appointee responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and monitoring of the implementation of government policies and programmes in the hierarchy of Nigerian government.

## History

Until the abolition of the post of Prime Minister in 1966, the SGF served as the principal cabinet secretary in the Federal Executive Council. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari to office in 2015, many powers conferred to the Secretary to the Government to the point that some political analysts said that he wielded more power than the Vice President. In a move to strengthen service delivery, President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of 12 government institutions to the office of the SGF.

## Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation

The following are the cabinets for the effective discharge of duties by the secretary:
* General Services Office
* Political Affairs Office
* Economic Affairs Office
* Special Services Office
* Special Duties Office

### Agencies under the OSGF

* National Identity Management Commission
* Federal Road Safety Corps
* Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission
* Niger Delta Development Commission
* National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
* National Lottery Trust Fund
* Nigeria National Merit Award
* National Lottery Regulatory Commission
* Code of Conduct Bureau
* Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission
* National Agency for the Control of AIDS
* New Partnership for African Development
* National Poverty Eradication Programme
* National Commission for Refugees

## Secretaries

| Head of Government | Name | Tenure Start | Tenure End |
| Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Dr. S. O. Wey | 1 September 1961 | 16 January 1966 |
| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Yakubu Gowon | M. A. Ejueyitchie | 4 August 1966 | 20 December 1970 |
| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Yakubu Gowon | A. A. Atta | 21 December 1970 | 12 June 1972 |
| Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi Yakubu Gowon | C. O. Lawson | 16 August 1972 | 31 March 1975 |
| Yakubu Gowon Murtala Muhammed Olusegun Obasanjo | A. A. Ayida | 23 April 1975 | 31 March 1977 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | Alli L. Ciroma | 1 April 1977 | 30 September 1979 |
| Shehu Shagari | Shehu Ahmadu Musa | 1 October 1979 | 31 December 1983 |
| Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida | G. A. Longe | 1 January 1984 | 30 January 1986 |
| Ibrahim Babangida | Olu Falae | 31 January 1986 | 31 December 1989 |
| Ibrahim Babangida | Aliyu Mohammed | 1 January 1990 | 26 August 1993 |
| Ernest Shonekan | Mustafa Umara | 27 August 1993 | 17 November 1993 |
| Sani Abacha Abdulsalami Abubakar | Aminu Saleh | 18 November 1993 | 17 October 1995 |
| Sani Abacha Abdulsalami Abubakar | Gidado Idris | 17 October 1995 | 28 May 1999 |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | Ufot Ekaette | 29 May 1999 | 28 May 2007 |
| Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | Baba Gana Kingibe | 29 May 2007 | 8 October 2008 |
| Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | Yayale Ahmed | 8 October 2008 | 29 May 2011 |
| Goodluck Jonathan | Anyim Pius Anyim | 1 May 2011 | 29 May 2015 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | Ogbonnaya Onu | 1 June 2015 | 27 August 2015 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | Babachir David Lawal | 27 August 2015 | 29 October 2017 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | Boss Gida Mustapha | 1 November 2017 | 29 May 2023 |
| Bola Tinubu | George Akume | 7 June 2023 | Present |