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.