Aishah Ahmad

Aishah Ahmad
Ahmad in 2022
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(Financial System Stability)
In office
23 March 2018  13 September 2023
GovernorGodwin Emefiele
Folashodun Shonubi (Acting)
Preceded bySarah Alade
Personal details
Born (1976-10-26) 26 October 1976
Lagos, Nigeria
CitizenshipNigeria
SpouseAbdallah A. Ahmad
Alma mater

Aishah Ndanusa Ahmad (born 26 October 1976) is a Nigerian accountant and finance professional. She is a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria having been appointed on 6 October 2017, replacing Sarah Alade, who retired in March 2017. She was confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on 22 March 2018. On 6 December 2022, Ahmad was reappointed deputy governor for a second five-year term and subsequently confirmed by the Senate on 14 December 2022. However, on 15 September 2023, she was removed from office by President Bola Tinubu alongside three other deputy governors for alleged corporate governance failures at the Central Bank of Nigeria.