President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Ben Akabueze.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the Chief Economic Adviser to late President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua 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 now takes up the new role as DG.
Yabuku is an accomplished economist with a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Finance from Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the same institution.
Tinubu expressed appreciation for the outgoing Director-General Akabueze, for his services and wished him success in his future undertakings.
The President expects the new Director-General to further improve efficient and qualitative budget functions, to promote fiscal sustainability, transparency, and accountability in public finance management for national growth and development.