– President Muhammadu Buhari has made a new appointment for the Nigerian budget office
– Buhari has appointed Akabueze as Director General
– The appointment is to see to the re-positioning of the Budget and National Planning ministry
Mr Ben Akabueze has been appointed as the new Director General of the national Budget office.
According to a statement by Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Buhari approved the appointment of his special adviser on planning, Mr Ben Akabueze as the new Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation.
Akabueze takes over from Mr Tijani Mohammed Abdullahi who will now serve as special adviser to the president on planning and will continue to work with the minister of Budget and National Planning.
Both Mr Akabueze and Mr Abdullahi joined the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in February this year. Their redeployment is part of an ongoing exercise aimed at further re-positioning the ministry to effectively deliver on its core mandate, said Femi Adesina.
