President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation.
According to a statement issued on Thursday by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), this followed the expiration of the tenure of Mr Ben Akabueze.
The statement informed that Yabuku is an accomplished economist and was Chief Economic Adviser to a former President from 2007 to 2010; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria from 2003 to 2007, and Commissioner of Finance, Budget, and Economic Planning in Katsina State from 1999 to 2003.
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The new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the same institution.
President Tinubu thanked the outgoing Director-General, Mr Akabueze, for his services and wished him success in his future endeavours.
According to the statement, the president expects the new Director-General of “this pivotal agency” to further enhance the provision of efficient and qualitative budget functions, to promote fiscal sustainability, transparency, and accountability in public finance management for national development.
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