Profile of the Federation Auditor General , Shaakaa Kanyitor Chira

 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on October 20th appointed Mr Shaaka Kanyitor  Chira has  Auditor General of  the Federation. 

 Chira, who hails  from   Donga  community in  Taraba  State,  Nigeria was   Born on February 12, 1968 according to Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).

EDUCATION

 He holds a Master of Science (MSc)  in Public Sector Accounting  and  a Master  of  Business Administration (MBA). 

  He is a  Fellow  of  the  National  Institute of Accountants  of Nigeria  (FCNA). He is a member of the  Computer Forensics Institute. Nigeria - MCFI. Member  of  ACTI, a certified tax institute.  

 

 He is a trained  AFROSAI E-Performance  Auditor and has also received training  on the following topics:  

 

 1.  Sponsored by LITESOL, a geopolitics, industrial reform, systems engineering  and  consulting firm,  Dubai, United Arab  Emirates  (UAE),  March  2019.  

 2. International Public Sector Accounting Standards  (IPSAS) for  Executives, Dubai, United Arab  Emirates  (UAE), May 2018.  

 3. International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) for  Senior Executives, London, May  2014.  

 4. Performance  audit  and  statistics from  GIZ and AFROSAI-E South  Africa, October  2012 

 

  5.  Performance Audit by OAuGF in  collaboration  with AFROSAI-E, Riez Continental Hotel Abuja,  April  2022. 

 

 6. Computer Forensics and Fraud  Auditing,  Office of the  Auditor General of  the Federation, Abuja,  June  2021 

 

 7. AFROSAI-E Performance  Audit,  Abuja,  June  2015. 

  8th place.  Statistical  Tools  and Data Analysis, by AFROSAI-E, July 2020 

 

 9.  AFROSAI-E, Auditor General  Management Development  Program in  Abuja 2019  and  many  more.  

  ChIRA'S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE   

 

 1. Deputy  Auditor General: Program  and Performance Audit 

  From  2018 to  2022, he  took  over the management  of  the performance audit department, was responsible  for  the audit  development  plan,  and  advised directors  on matters  related  to  audit matters.  

 

 2. Deputy  Auditor General: Audit Department  of  the  Federal Capital Territory/Area Council (FCT/AC)  Abuja.  2017: Appointed department manager, responsible  for  audit  development planning  and supporting  general  management  of the  department.  

 

 3.  Deputy Auditor General: The 2016 National Assembly  Legislative Audit Department  is in  charge of  the  headquarters branch.  

 4.  Chief Auditor:  Holds a number  of  positions, including  the  Federation's Audit Office.  

 His hobbies are reading, listening to the  news,  and farming. He is  married  and has  children. 

  Mr.  Chira  will become  the  substantive Auditor General of  the  federation on September 7, 2022,  following the  resignation  of Mr. Adolphus  Aghughu.