Adamu Ciroma (20 November 1934 – 5 July 2018)[1] was a Nigerian politician and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, born to a Bole family in Potiskum, Yobe State.

In 1979, Ciroma was one of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) presidential aspirants who contested in the party's presidential primary,[4] in which he was supposedly sponsored by the faceless Kaduna Mafia, a rumored group of northern intellectuals, serving officers and bureaucrats stationed around Kaduna.

[5] He came third in the primary, behind Shehu Shagari and Maitama Sule, his candidacy having been partly financed by Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, the head of the New Nigeria Development Company.

[6] Ciroma was briefly the secretary of the NPN and he later served at various times as Minister for Industries, Agriculture and Finance.

Currently, his wife Maryam Ciroma holds the position of PDP National Women leader in Nigeria.