*President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approves the appointment of Tanimu Yakubu as the new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, to further promote fiscal sustainability, transparency, and accountability in public finance management

Isola Moses | 绿帽献妻

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation.

绿帽献妻 reports Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday, June 13, 2024, said Yakubu’s appointment followed the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Ben Akabueze.

The statement described the new Director-General is an accomplished economist and Chief Economic Adviser to a former President from 2007 to 2010.

Yakubu was also Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 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.

The Presidential media aide stated the new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance from Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, in the United States (US), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the same institution.

“President Tinubu thanks the outgoing Director-General, Mr. Akabueze, for his services and wishes him success in his future endeavours,” said Ngelale.

The President expects the new Director-General of this pivotal agency to further enhance the provision of efficient and qualitative budget functions, with a view to promoting fiscal sustainability, transparency, and accountability in public finance management for national development, noted the statement.