President Tinubu appoints new DG of Budget Office

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, succeeding Mr. Ben Akabueze, whose tenure has concluded.

The announcement was made in a statement issued by Presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale on Thursday night.

According to the statement, Yakubu is a distinguished economist, having served as Chief Economic Adviser to a former President 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.

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