President Muhammadu Buhari has
approved the appointment of
Tijjani Abdullahi as the new
Director-General in charge of the
Budget Office of the Federation.
The President also approved the
appointment of Ben Akabueze as
the Special Adviser on Planning to
the Minister of Budget and
National Planning.
Mr. Abdullahi, a fellow of the
Certified National Accountants of
Nigeria, and a banker of repute
with experience in managing
public finance, will replace the
current Director-General (Budget),
Yahaya Gusau.
Mr. Gusau, who replaced Bright
Okogu (who completed two terms
of office), was appointed to the
office on August 18, 2015, for a
term of four years that could have
been renewed for another four
years.
But he has now been sacked less
than six months after, following
the widespread irregularities
detected in the 2016 budget
presently under consideration by
the National Assembly.
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Presidency sources told PREMIUM
TIMES Mr. Buhari believed that
the sacked DG failed to effectively
deliver on his mandate.
The new Director-General (Budget)
is expected to work with the
Minister of Budget and National
Planning to efficiently deliver on
the mandates of the Budget Office
of the Federation, a statement by
the presidency said.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/198473-breaking-budget-padding-scandal-buhari-sacks-director-general-budget-office.html

The President also approved the
appointment of Ben Akabueze as
the Special Adviser on Planning to
the Minister of Budget and
National Planning.

The president was unable to appoint Ben Akabueze as minister because of the silly constitution that say one minister per state.
Ben was budget commissioner under Fashola, the constantly achieved over 70% budget implementation

This is the only reason why I voted Buhari!!

He will never tolerate any form of indolence or incompetence!!

When I remember how People like Abba Moro were left on their jobs in the past regime...I just thank God for a Leader like Buhari!

BTW nice one for Akabueze!! Really did so much work in Lagos state and deserved to be appointed as a Minister!