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Murtala / ObasanjoGovernor, Central Bank of Nigeria· 24 June 1975 — 27 June 1977

Adamu Ciroma (CBN)

Governor of the Central Bank under Murtala and Obasanjo. Later Finance Minister twice.

The record

Appointed by Murtala two months after the July 1975 coup, Ciroma served until 1977, then went on to be Finance Minister under Shagari and again under Obasanjo (see Cabinet → Finance).

Sources

  • CBN — Past Governors archive
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.