Forbes Analysis Nigeria's Economic Transformation Under Buhari's Tenor.


Base on the newly appointed minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, who has been the finance commissioner for Ogun state since 2011 and also a former managing director at Chapel Hill Denham, a Lagos-based investment bank, according to her LinkedIn LNKD +2.33% profile.

According to their report, Adeosun’s appointment to head the most important ministry during a time of economic crisis will stir some controversy. She is relatively inexperienced, especially compared to her immediate predecessor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a political heavyweight.

“Adeosun has a strong background in the UK’s private financial sector but may struggle to navigate federal politics as the only post she previously held in Nigeria was Commissioner of Finance in Ogun State,” says Malte Liewerscheidt, senior Africa analyst at Verisk Maplecroft.