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 byClement Isong
Succeeded byOla Vincent
Federal Minister of Finance
In office
June 1999 – May 2003
Preceded byIsmaila Usman
Succeeded byNgozi Okonjo-Iweala
Personal details
Born(1934-11-20)20 November 1934
Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria
Died5 July 2018(2018-07-05) (aged 83)
Abuja, Nigeria

Adamu Ciroma (20 November 1934 – 5 July 2018)[1] was a Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, born to a Bole family in Potiskum, Yobe State.[2][3] He was a member of the People's Democratic Party.

  1. ^ "BREAKING: Ex-Minister of Finance, Adamu Ciroma, died at 84". Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  2. ^ Bolaji Adepegba, Adamu Ciroma, tested and trusted yet uncrowned, Daily Independent Online, Nov 27, 2003 [1]
  3. ^ Olajide Aluko. Nigeria and Britain after Gowon, African Affairs > Vol. 76, No. 304 (Jul., 1977), pp. 9