Mr. Aghughu Adolphus Arhotomhenla was born on 7th September 1962 into the family of Mr.and Mrs. Aghughu lhuean of Idima Ewatto, Esan South East LGA in Edo State.
His educational background started at Eguare Primary School, Ewatto from 1969 – 1975 with Primary School Leaving Certificate (Merit Grade); Teachers’ Certificate Grade 2 from St. Thomas’ Teachers College Ibusa, Delta State between 1975 – 1980; GCE (O/ L) Six credits 1980/81; Bendel State University, Ekpoma, Nigeria 1982 – 1986 with B.Sc Honours (Economics) 2nd Class Upper Division; National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano State 1987; the University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria with M.Sc (Economics) Money and Banking in 1994 – 1997, and currently a part- time Ph.D student (Environmental Resource Management) with effect from 2017 at the school of Postgraduate Studies, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria.Adolphus is a Fellow of Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN), and a member of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACT l) and Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered). He attended the following short courses with dates:
i . Certificates of Participation at INTOSAI WGEAAssembly Meetings: 1 5th (Tallinn – June 3 -6,2013), 16th (Philippines 29Sept – Oct,2014), 1 7th (Jakarta – Oct.24 -27, 2016) & 1 8th (Bandung – July 17 – 19, 2018) ii. Certificate of Participation at International Congress of Supreme Audit Institution XXII – INCOSAI 2016 U.A.E 7th 11th December 2016 iii. AFROSAI-E certificate on workshop on Performance Audit supervision & review Johannesburg South Africa.
October. 19 -23, 2015 iv. INTOSAI-WGEA certificate, 1 st course on Environmental Auditing ICED Jaipur India 2013
AFROSAI -E Diploma Certificate in Performance Auditing (PA)
A 3-Module Course in PA in South Africa, 2012/2013 Edition
The young Adolphus started his working experience as a teacher with Edo State Government from July 1980- 1982;
Accountant, Edo State Government 1988 – 1992; Auditor, Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation 1992 – Date; Promoted to the rank of Director of Audit with effect from January 01, 2016, by the Federal Civil Service Commission and was a candidate up to the final stage for the Post of Federal Permanent Secretary examination 2018 and 2019.
Auditor Project Preparatory Facility for World Bank Funded Sustainable Management of Solid Minerals Development: 2004 – 2005 ii. Focal Point SAI Nigeria, completed AFROSAI WGEA cooperative Audit Initiative with LCBC member countries of Cameroon, Chad, Niger & Nigeria, first of its kind in Africa, “Environmental Audit on the Drying up of Lake Chad: A Focus on Water Resources Quantity Management, 2008 – 2013 (National & Joint Report May 2015)” iii. Focal Point SAI Nigeria, completed AFROSAI-E cooperative Audit Initiative on “Integrating Environmental Risks in an Audit at Local Government Level: Federal Capital City (FCC) of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria (Environmental Audit Report, May 2017)” iv. Chairman, OAuGF Strategic Development Plan Planning Committee for 2017 – 2022.
Chairman, OAuGF Budget Planning Committee, 2017 & 2018.
Adolphus is happily married and blessed with children and his hobbies include: Gardening, Driving and Reading.
