Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla
Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla | |
|---|---|
| Accountant General of the Federation | |
| In office June 28, 2011 – June 12, 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Idris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1955 Oyo State, Nigeria |
Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla OFR, (born June 12, 1955) is a Nigerian Financial accountant and former Accountant General of the Federation of Nigeria.[1] He also served as board members of the Central Bank of Nigeria.[2]
Education
Otunla was born on June 12, 1955 in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. He had his secondary education at Baptist High School, Saki where he obtained the West African School Certificate in 1972 before he proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University where he received a bachelor's degree in Financial accounting.[3] He became a chartered accountant in 1986 but received the fellowship of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria in 1998.[4][5]
Career
He began his career on August 1980 with Unilever as accountant. He left the organization in 1989, to join the Oyo State civil service as Chief Internal Auditor, the same year he became the Director of Finance. On June 1989, he was appointed Accountant General the State, a position he held until March 2004 when he got a transfer to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.[6] On June 28, 2011 he was appointed the Accountant General of the Federation by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former President of Nigeria.[7] On June 12, 2015, Otunla retired honourably from the Civil Service after attaining the mandatory age of 60 years.
References
- ^ Our Reporter. "How Otunla took Nigerian accounting system to world class status". sunnewsonline.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Board member of the Central Bank of Nigeria". CBN. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
- ^ "Nigerian Tribune - Nigeria's Most Informative Newspaper :: Breaking News, World News & Information". tribuneonlineng.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Judiciary funds not with FG, says AGF". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Jonah Otunla: New Accountant-General of the Federation". Economic Confidential. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "second round to select new ccountant general underway". Premium Times. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
- ^ "Accountant General Retired Honourably, Says FG, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 27 June 2015.