President Muhammadu Buhari on
Friday made his first senior cadre
appointment, naming Mohammed
Dikwa as Nigeria’s new acting
Accountant-General of the Federation
(AGF).
The appointment, which takes
immediate effect from June 12, 2015,
followed the retirement from service of
Jonas Otunla.
Until his appointment, Mr. Dikwa was
the Director, Funds Department in the
Office of the Accountant-General of
the Federation.
Mr. Dikwa would hold the office until a
substantive Accountant-General is
appointed by the president.
Mr. Dikwa, who holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Accountancy and a
Masters in Business Administration
and Finance, attended the Senior
Executive Course 34, 2014 at the
National Institute of for Policy and
Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.
He was awarded Certificates in Public
Finance Management Reforms,
Leadership and Governance, High
Performance Leadership Programme
and Treasury Management at the
Harvard University, USA; University of
Cambridge, Oxford University in the
UK, and Thames Valley University UK
respectively.
A professional Accountant and Member
of many Professional Bodies, Mr. Dikwa
is a Fellow Certified National
Accountant; Fellow Charted Institute of
Taxation of Nigeria, among others.
Apart from serving as a facilitator in
many courses, workshops, seminars
and conferences he attended both
within and outside Nigeria, Mr. Dikwa
served as Borno State Accountant-
General and Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance between1999 and
2004 and Chairman, Technical Board
Bank of Industries (BOI), Bank of
Agriculture (BOA).
He also served on the Board of
Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Defence
Industry Corporation; Distribution
Company of Nigeria (DISCO), Nigerian
Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),
Royal Swaziland Sugar Company, etc.
He was also the Director in-charge of
Ministry of Finance Incorporated
(MOFI) and later Revenue and
Investment. He is happily married with
children.