Tinubu appoints Tanimu Yakubu as new budget office DG

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Following the expiration of Ben Akabueze as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Tanimu Yakubu as his successor.

Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri in a statement said Mr Yabuku is an accomplished economist and Chief Economic Adviser to a former President from 2007 to 2010.

He was a 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.

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 appreciated the outgoing Director-General, Mr Akabueze, for his services and wished him success in his future endeavours.

President Tinubu expects the new Director-General 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.