Buhari Sacks Director General of the Budget Office, Appoints Replacement

  

President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved the Director General of the Budget Office of his duties and has appointed a replacement.

The Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Yahaya Gusau has been relieved of his duties.

The DG was appointed to the office on August 18, 2015, for a term of four years that could have been renewable for another four years.

However he has now been sacked following the widespread irregularities detected in the 2016 budget presently under consideration by the National Assembly.

According to PremiumTimes, Presidency sources revealed that Mr. Buhari believed that the sacked DG failed to effectively deliver on his mandate.

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.

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.

Mr Akabueze, who is the immediate past Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos State, has worked in senior management positions in Citi Bank, Fidelity Bank, United Bank for Africa, NAL Merchant Bank, Sterling Bank and BIA Consulting Limited, among others.

He is Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers; Fellow, Institute of Credit Administrators and Honorary Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers.