The Secretary to the Government of the Federation or SGF is the official title of the political appointee responsible for ensuring the effective coordination and monitoring of the implementation of government policies and programmes in the hierarchy of Nigerian government.
History Until the abolition of the post of prime minister in 1966, the SGF served as the principal cabinet secretary in the Federal Executive Council. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari to office in 2015, many powers were conferred to the SGF to the point that some political analysts said that he wielded more power than the vice president. In a move to strengthen service delivery, President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of 12 government institutions to the office of the SGF.
Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation The following are the cabinets for the effective discharge of duties by the secretary:
Cabinet Affairs Office Economic and Finance Department Governance and Security Department Social Infrastructure Department Ecological Project Office Drought Desertification Coastal Zone Pollution Control Department Soil Erosion and Flood Control Special Duties Public Procurement Department General Services Office Finance and Accounts Department General Services Department Human Resource Management Information and Communications Technology Internal Audit Department Library Department Planning, Research and Statistics Department Procurement Reform Coordination and Service Improvement Political and Economic Affairs Office Economic Monitoring, Multilateral and Research Department International Organisation Department National Authority On Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention Nigerian National Volunteer Service Political Research and Constitutional Matters Department Public Affairs and Bilateral Relations Department Special Services Office Administration and Inspectorate Department Secretariat and External Affairs Department
Agencies under the OSGF Source:
National Identity Management Commission Federal Road Safety Commission Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission Niger Delta Development Commission National Hajj Commission of Nigeria National Lottery Trust Fund Nigeria National Merit Award National Lottery Regulatory Commission Code of Conduct Bureau Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission National Agency for the Control of AIDS New Partnership for African Development National Poverty Eradication Programme National Commission for Refugees
Secretaries Head of GovernmentNameTenure StartTenure EndSir Abubakar Tafawa BalewaDr. S. O. Wey 1 September 196116 January 1966Johnson Aguiyi-IronsiYakubu GowonHarlen Anireju Ejueyitchie4 August 196620 December 1970A. A. Atta21 December 197012 June 1972Charles Olatunde Lawson16 August 197231 March 1975Yakubu GowonMurtala MuhammedOlusegun ObasanjoA. A. Ayida23 April 197531 March 1977Olusegun ObasanjoAdamu Liman Ciroma1 April 197730 September 1979Shehu ShagariShehu Ahmadu Musa1 October 197931 December 1983Muhammadu BuhariIbrahim BabangidaG. A. Longe1 January 198430 January 1986Ibrahim BabangidaOlu Falae31 January 198631 December 1989Aliyu Mohammed 1 January 199026 August 1993Ernest ShonekanMustafa Umara27 August 199317 November 1993Sani AbachaAbdulsalami AbubakarAminu Saleh 18 November 199317 October 1995Gidado Idris 17 October 199528 May 1999Olusegun ObasanjoUfot Ekaette 29 May 199928 May 2007Umaru Musa Yar'AduaBaba Gana Kingibe29 May 20078 October 2008Yayale Ahmed 8 October 200829 May 2011Goodluck JonathanAnyim Pius Anyim 1 May 201129 May 2015Muhammadu BuhariOgbonnaya Onu 1 June 201527 August 2015Babachir David Lawal 27 August 201529 October 2017Boss Gida Mustapha1 November 201729 May 2023Bola TinubuGeorge Akume 7 June 2023Present
See also
Prime Minister of Nigeria Chief Cabinet Secretary Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)
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