FG Gets New Special Assistant on Planning

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ben Akabueze as the new Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation. Akabueze will be taking over from Tijani Mohammed Abdullahi who would now serve as Special Adviser to the President on Planning. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. on Thursday, both Akabueze and Abdullahi joined the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in February this year. The president’s spokesman added that their redeployment was part of an ongoing exercise aimed at further repositioning the Ministry to effectively deliver on its core mandate.