President Muhammadu Buhari has demoted Tijani Mohammed Abdullahi as Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation.

He will now serve as Special Adviser to the President on Planning and will continue to work with the Minister of Budget and National Planning.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said the President replaced him with Ben Akabueze, who until the announcement was Special Adviser on Planning.

Both Akabueze and Abdullahi joined the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in February, this year.
Their redeployment is part of an ongoing exercise aimed at further repositioning the ministry to effectively deliver on its core mandate.

The change, observers said, might not be unconnected with the alleged padding that dogged the 2016 budget proposal.

Buhari had on May signed the 2016 budget, bringing an end to the protracted controversy surrounding the budget.

The 2016 budget estimates suffered several delays after claims and counter claims from both the legislature and the executive, each accusing the other of padding the budget.

The National Assembly in April transmitted details of the budget to the President after it passed the bill on March 23, but the President refused to sign, citing omission of certain critical capital projects, notably the Calabar-Lagos rail line, by the Senate and House Committees on Appropriation, led by Senator Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin respectively.

The stand-off forced the National Assembly to withdraw and incorporate the projects.

There were also meetings with the leadership of the National Assembly after which a committee was formed to look at “grey areas” in the budget and harmonise them in time for the President’s assent.

http://sunnewsonline.com/buhari-demotes-dg-budget/

That is called Change!

Stop being mischievous, this redeployment which is normal for effectiveness of the office, and not in anyway a demotion.

Any how no be sack

Na only him waka come I expected more guys to be publicly dealt with for embarrassing our great nation like that.

This not sufficient.....

Which one is better Special Adviser(Otunba) or DG?

Abeg, let them enjoy their stay

IamPatriotic:
Stop being mischievous, this redeployment which is normal for effectiveness of the office, and not in anyway a demotion.

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He is deaf and he is appointing abi?

Daura buruku mumuhammadu bura!

Change in the air

I told u guys dat with bubu's waka waka one day he will become president in diaspora.. And guess what.. Bubu nows rules from diaspora.. Hehehhehe

All Nigerian should be prayerful against president Muhammad Buhari sickness because He must not die with the Glory of Nigeria as we all know that he has a good mission to save our country!

Let the best man be on the seat.

Innocent people are the scapegoats in Buhari government.

Fuel rise, they blame kachikwu and call for his head; ignoring the fact that the Kachikwu is a GMD.

Paddled Budget another Innocent errand boy demoted for carrying out his assignment.

Smh

Following...

Great

Honza27:




Out of majority you did mention one person, A TREE CAN NEVER MAKE A FOREST... In Nigeria we know what the hausa's are ''Illiterates''

and the illiterates have outmaneuvered the literate for the pass 50 yrs, shame on this educated illiterates

He replaced a Northerner with South Easterner.


No one is shouting now.

na wa o

Is this what they call demotion? From DG to Special adviser? Like seriously?!

Jokers

but when will Femi Adesina himself be redeployed?

And replaced him with an Igbo man. I can imagine the wailing if it was the other way round.

Jonathan could have demoted Sambo