Adamu Ciroma

Adamu Ciroma

Adamu Ciroma at the IMF 2002 Annual Meetings
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
In office 24 September 1975 – 28 June 1977
Preceded by	Clement Isong
Succeeded by	Ola Vincent
Federal Minister of Finance
In office June 1999 – May 2003
Succeeded by	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Personal details
Born	20 November 1934 (1934-11-20) (age 77) Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria

Adamu Ciroma (born 20 November 1934 in Potiskum, Yobe State^[1]) is a Nigerian politician and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.^[2] He is currently a member of the People's Democratic Party.

Second Republic career

In 1979, Ciroma was one of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) presidential aspirants who contested in the party's presidential primary,^[3] in which he was supposedly sponsored by the faceless Kaduna Mafia, a rumored group of northern intellectuals, serving officers and bureaucrats stationed around Kaduna.^[4] He came third in the primary, behind Shehu Shagari and Maitama Sule, his candidcacy having been partly financed by Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, the head of the New Nigeria Development Company.^[5]

Ciroma was briefly the secretary of the NPN and he later served at various times as Minister for Industries, Agriculture and Finance. As a senior cabinet minister in the Shagari administration, he played pivotal roles in the implementation of the president's agenda especially in the areas of food production and working with international agencies to develop an Agricultural Development Project (ADP).^[6] In September 1983, he was made the chairman of a presidential transition committee, which further demonstrated the trust the president had in his capabilities. The committee was mandated to make proposals on how to re-structure the federal government which was going through a crisis of confidence.^[7]

Fourth Republic career

Ciroma is a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which has been ruling Nigeria since 1999. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2003. Currently, his wife Maryam Ciroma holds the position of PDP National Women leader in Nigeria.

References

^ Bolaji Adepegba, Adamu Ciroma, tested and trusted yet uncrowned, Daily Independent Online, Nov 27, 2003 [1]
^ Olajide Aluko. Nigeria and Britain after Gowon, African Affairs > Vol. 76, No. 304 (Jul., 1977), pp. 9
^ Shehu Shagari. Beckoned To Serve. Heinemann Educational Books, Nigeria, 2001.pp214
^ Shehu Othman, Classes, Crises and Coup: The Demise of Shagari's Regime, African Affairs > Vol. 83, No. 333 Oct., 1984. pp 447, 449
^ William Reno. Old Brigades, Money Bags, New Breeds, and the Ironies of Reform in Nigeria. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines > Vol. 27, No. 1 (1993), pp. 75
^ Quentin Peel, "Shagari shuffles Cabinet", Financial Times, February 16, 1982
^ Quentin Peel, "President's party wins majority in Nigerian Assembly", Financial Times, September 6, 1983

Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria

Roy Pentelow Fenton · Aliyu Mai-Bornu · Clement Nyong Isong · Adamu Ciroma · Ola Vincent · Abdulkadir Ahmed · Paul Agbai Ogwuma · Joseph Oladele Sanusi · Charles Chukwuma Soludo · Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Cabinet of President Olusegun Obasanjo 1999–2003

Vice President	Atiku Abubakar (1999–2007)

Agriculture	Sani Daura (June 1999–2000) • Hassan Adamu (2000–January 2001) • Adamu Bello (February 2001–2007)

Aviation	Olusegun Agagu (May 1999–February 2001) • Kema Chikwe (February 2001–May 2003)

Commerce	Mustapha Bello (June 1999–2002) • Precious Ngelale (–May 2003)

Communications	Mohammed Arzika (June 1999–June 2001) • Haliru Mohammed Bello • (June 2001–May 2003)

Co-operation and Integration in Africa	Jerry Gana (May 1999–)

Defence	Theophilus Danjuma (June 1999–2003)

Education	Tunde Adeniran (June 1999–February 2001) • Babalola Borishade (February 2001–)

Environment (Later + Housing)	Hassan Adamu (June 1999–2000) • Sani Daura (2000–January 2001) • Mohammed Kabir Said (February 2001–)

FCT Administration	Ibrahim Bunu (June 1999–February 2001) • Mohammed Abba Gana (February 2001–)

Finance	Adamu Ciroma (June 1999–2003)

Foreign Affairs	Sule Lamido (June 1999–2003)

Health	Tim Menakaya (June 1999–February 2001) • ABC Nwosu (February 2001–2003)

Industries	Iyorchia Ayu (Jun 1999–2000) • Stephen Akiga (2000–January 2001) • Kolawole Babalola Jamodu (February 2001–May 2003)

Information and National Orientation	Dapo Sarumi (June 1999–January 2001) • Jerry Gana (February 2001–)

Internal Affairs	Sunday Afolabi (June 1999 -) • Mohammed Shata (–May 2003)

Justice (Attorney General)	Kanu Agabi (Jun 1999–Jan 2000) • Bola Ige (Jan 2000–2002) • Kanu Agabi (2002–2003)

Labour, Employment and Productivity	Alabo Graham-Douglas (June 1999–July 2000) • Musa Gwadabe

Mines and Steel Development (Solid Minerals)	Musa Gwadabe (June 1999–) • Kanu Agabi

Police Affairs	David Jemibewon (June 1999–2000) • Stephen Akiga (February 2001–)

Power and Steel	Bola Ige (June 1999–Jan 2000) • Segun Agagu

Science and Technology	Ebitimi Banijo (June 1999–) • Turner Isoun

Sports and Social Development	Damishi Sango (June 1999–February 2001) • Ishaya Mark Aku (February 2001–May 2002) • Stephen Akiga (May 2002–May 2003)

Tourism, Culture and National Orientation	Ojo Maduekwe (June 1999–July 2000) • Alabo Graham-Douglas (July 2000–January 2001) • Boma Jack (February 2001–)

Transport	Kema Chikwe (June 1999–February 2001) • Ojo Maduekwe (February 2001–2003)

Water Resources	Mohammed Kaliel (June 1999–June 2001) • Muktar Shagari (June 2001–May 2003)

Women and Youth Development	Aishat Ismail

Works and Housing	Tony Anenih (June 1999–2003)

Persondata
Name	Ciroma, Adamu
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Date of birth	20 November 1934
Place of birth	Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria
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