Posted on: 04:42 Tue, 16 Feb 2016



President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the
appointment of Mr Tijjani Mohammed Abdullahi
as the Director-General in the Budget office.
Mr Abdullahi is a fellow of the Certified
National Accountants of Nigeria and a banker.

He will replace the current Director-General,
Budget, Mr Yahaya Gusau.

A statement by a spokesman for the President
said the new Director-General, Budget, would
work with the Minister of Budget and National
Planning to efficiently deliver on the mandates
of the Budget Office of the Federation.

The statement further read: “President Buhari
has also approved the appointment of Mr Ben
Ifeanyi Akabueze as the Special Adviser on
Planning to the Minister of Budget and National
Planning.

“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”.

The new Special Adviser on Planning is Fellow
of the Chartered Institute of Bankers; Fellow,
Institute of Credit Administrators and Honorary
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers.