President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General (DG) of the Budget Office of the Federation.
The appointment of Mr. Yakubu follows the end of Mr. Ben Akabueze’s tenure.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday.
President Tinubu in the statement thanked the outgoing Director-General, Mr. Akabueze, for his services and wished him success in his future endeavours.
The President also noted that he expects the new Director-General of the 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.
Mr. Yakubu, an accomplished economist was Chief Economic Adviser to late and former 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.
He 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.
