President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Ben Akabueze.
Yabuku is an Economist and was 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.
He also served as President Yar’adua’s Chief Economic Adviser and CEO of now defunct National Planning Commission.
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 thanks the outgoing Director-General, Akabueze, for his services and wishes him success in his future endeavours.
A statement by the President’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale said the President expects the new Director-General 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.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
