Buhari, Others Back Insurance Industry Recapitalisation   President Muhammadu Buhari, the Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe; the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze, and other stakeholders in the financial services sector on Monday backed the plan to recapitalise the...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to review all pension liabilities of the Federal Government and come up with strategies to offset them. Adeosun heads the committee made up of the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed...

The Federal Government has called on the Budget Office of the Federation to put in place necessary measures that can guarantee effective and efficient delivery of the annual national budget. The Minister of state, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, made the call in...

The Federal Government has cleared air on ambiguous figures and issues raised by the public against the 2017 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, the Director-General, Budget Office of The Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze, said some commentaries on...

The Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze, has said that the organisation would soon introduce an ‘Organic Budget Law’ that would prescribe exact budget cycle time frame from presentation to implementation. He also said that the clause in the roll-over implementation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of his Special Adviser on Planning, Mr. Ben Akabueze as the new Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation. Pastor Ben Akabueze, a Pastor of RCCG, was Lagos Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget during the...