Otunla appointed as new Accountant General of the Federation

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Jonah Otunla as the Accountant-General of the Federation.

The approval was announced on Wednesday by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi. 

Afolabi, in a statement made available to our correspondent, said the appointment of the new Accountant-General would take effect from July 1, 2011.

Meanwhile, the President also confirmed the Acting AGF, Mr. Aderemi Ogunsanya, as a subtantive AGF until June 30 when he will retire from the service.

Ogunsanya had served as the acting Accountant-General of the Federation after the retirement of Ibrahim Dankwabo in December last year.

Otunla was born on June 12, 1955 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Osun State, in 1979.

He was confered with a Fellowship of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, amongst other professional qualifications.

Otunla started his career as an Account Management Trainee (Audit) with the then Lever Brothers Nigeria Plc (now Unilever) from 1980 – 1989.

He then moved to the public service at the Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme (World Bank Assisted) – 1989-1997, from where he rose to become the State Accountant-General (1997-2004).

In 2004 he transferred to join the Federal Civil Service in the Office

of the Accountant-General of the Federation and had served as Director, Commercial/Finance, National Hospital,

Abuja; Director of Finance and Accounts at the Nigeria Immigration Service; Ministry of Defence and at the Federal Ministry of Education.-NAN

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