President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, following the expiration of the tenure of Mr. Ben Akabueze. Mr. Yabuku is an accomplished economist and was Chief Economic Adviser to a former President from 2007 to 2010; Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of …

The Budget Office of the Federation has been indicted for releasing  N19 billion to four unnamed agencies without approval of the Ministry of Finance the Senate has revealed. This is contained in the 2016 Report of the Auditor General of the Federation adopted by the Senate. According to the AuGF, the Budget Office violated extant financial regulations when it released the …

The Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze has said that he is not aware of any suspension of the proposed five per cent excise duty on telecommunication companies. He said any attempt to suspend the tax would impact negatively on the execution of the 2023 budget and worsen the countries revenue problem. On Monday, the Minister …