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President Buhari receiving Pastor Adeboye
President Buhari chatting with Vice President Osinbajo and Pastor Adeboye
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President Buhari receiving Pastor Adeboye
The RCCG leader arrived the Presidential villa in Vice President Osinbajo's official car,he later met with President Buhari with the Vice President Oin atendance.
ABUJA — President
Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the
2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya
Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani
Abdullahi.
Also, Mr. Ben Akabueze was appointed Special Adviser to the President on
National Planning. The two appointments take immediate effect.
President Buhari also appointed former House of Representatives member,
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign
Affairs and the Diaspora.
Again, yesterday, the President sacked heads of 26 federal parastatals,
agencies and commissions.
The sack of the Director-General, Budget Office and heads of other
parastatals is coming on the heels of President Buhari’s sack of some
university vice-chancellors.
The President also, yesterday, approved the immediate disengagement of
26 chief executive officers of some federal parastatals, agencies and
commissions.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal in a
statement, said those affected in the gale of sack include head of the
Nigerian Television Authority, NTA; Mr. Sola Omole; heads of Federal
Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Voice of Nigeria, VON; News Agency
of Nigeria, NAN ; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and the
Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF.
Others were New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD; Nigeria
Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF; Nigerian Content Development and
Monitoring Board, NCDMB; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN;
Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund; National Information Technology
Development Agency, NITDA and the Petroleum Equalization Fund.
Also on the list of those whose chief executives were sacked were
Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC; Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP;
Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory
Agency, PPPRA; Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON; National Agency
for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC; Nigeria
Investment Promotion Council, NIPC; Bank of Industry, BoI; National
Centre for Women Development, NCWD; National Orientation Agency, NOA;
Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Export-Import Bank as well as
the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other
Related Matters, NAPTIP.
The President also directed the most senior officers in the parastatals,
agencies and commissions to oversee the activities of the organisations
pending the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers.
According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new DG Budget, Mr.
Abdullahi, “is a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of
Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing public
finance, who will now replace the current Director-General (Budget), Mr.
Yahaya Gusau. The new Director-General of Budget is expected to work
with the Minister of Budget and National Planning to efficiently deliver
on the mandates of the Budget Office of the Federation.
According to the statement, President Buhari has also approved the
appointment of Mr Akabueze as the Special Adviser to the President on
National Planning.
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.
He is Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers; Fellow, Institute of
Credit Administrators.”
Budget of controversy
It will be recalled that 2016 budget had sparked off controversy, with
the legislature accusing the Executive of padding and doctoring
provisions made by ministries departments and agencies of government.
The controversy deepened when the Federal Ministry of Health disowned
the budget proposal submitted on its behalf by the Ministry of Budget
and National Planning.
Health Minister, Isaac Adewole, who addressed the Senate Committee on
Health during its budget defence session, said the proposal drawn up by
the ministry and submitted to the budget office had been doctored and
that “foreign” appropriations, different from what was submitted, had
been smuggled in.
“We have to look into the details of the budget and re-submit it to the
committee,” he said. “This was not what we submitted. We will submit
another one. We do not want anything foreign to creep into that budget.
What we submitted is not there.”
Earlier the Senate had discovered a sum of N10 billion “questionably
smuggled” into the budget of the Ministry of Education for an allegedly
questionable subhead.
A senior Presidency official told newsmen that a “budget mafia” was
responsible for the embarrassing allocations in the budget.
Just last week, the newly set up unit of the federal ministry of Finance
disclosed that Federal government spent N825 billion in three years on
travels, maintenance, local and international training, welfare and
office stationery / computer consumables. The head of the Efficiency
unit set up by the Ministry of Finance Patience Oniha to streamline
government overhead expenditure, said that from the study of government
overhead expenditure it carried out between 2012 and 2014 on the average
60 per cent of federal government overhead expenditure were incurred
through local and international travels, maintenance, local and
international training, welfare, office stationary and consumables,
honourarium and sitting allowance, meals and refreshment and books.
According to Oniha the Unit, which carried out an extensive and detailed
review of the Overhead Expenditure data of the government for the
period 2012 to 2014, found that the overhead spending pattern was
concentrated on a limited number of items including travel, maintenance,
local and international training, welfare and office stationery /
computer consumables.
Ms Patience Oniha, stated that “The Cumulative Expenditure on these five
items was N825 billion, representing 61 per cent of the Cumulative
Total Overhead Expenditure of N1, 353 billion for 2012 to 2014. This
means that the average amount expended annually on these five items
during this period was N275 billion. The estimate for 2015 shows a
continuation of this trend.” Overhead spending exceeded allocations to
capital in all the years reviewed.
Omeri hands over at NOA, Ekeoba becomes Acting DG
Meanwhile, Mr. Mike Agbo Omeri, immediate past Director General of NOA,
has handed over the leadership of the agency to Mrs. Ngozi Ekeoba who is
the most senior director and in charge of Political, Civics, Ethics and
Values at the agency.
In a brief handover session, Omeri expressed gratitude to the past and
present administrations for the opportunity given him to serve the
nation as NOA Director General and for the support given to the agency
during his tenure.
He thanked staff of the agency for their cooperation and promised to
remain an advocate of the agency in terms of autonomy and funding to
enable the agency deliver on its mandate.
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Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/errors-fg-fires-budget-d-g-26-others/President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the 2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi. Also, Mr. Ben Akabueze was appointed Special Adviser to the President on National Planning. The two appointments take immediate effect. President Buhari also appointed former House of Representatives member, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Again, yesterday, the President sacked heads of 26 federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. The sack of the Director-General, Budget Office and heads of other parastatals is coming on the heels of President Buhari’s sack of some university vice-chancellors. The President also, yesterday, approved the immediate disengagement of 26 chief executive officers of some federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal in a statement, said those affected in the gale of sack include head of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA; Mr. Sola Omole; heads of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Voice of Nigeria, VON; News Agency of Nigeria, NAN ; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Others were New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD; Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF; Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund; National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA and the Petroleum Equalization Fund. Also on the list of those whose chief executives were sacked were Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC; Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP; Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON; National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC; Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, NIPC; Bank of Industry, BoI; National Centre for Women Development, NCWD; National Orientation Agency, NOA; Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Export-Import Bank as well as the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP. The President also directed the most senior officers in the parastatals, agencies and commissions to oversee the activities of the organisations pending the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new DG Budget, Mr. Abdullahi, “is a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing public finance, who will now replace the current DPresident Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the 2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi. Also, Mr. Ben Akabueze was appointed Special Adviser to the President on National Planning. The two appointments take immediate effect. President Buhari also appointed former House of Representatives member, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Again, yesterday, the President sacked heads of 26 federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. The sack of the Director-General, Budget Office and heads of other parastatals is coming on the heels of President Buhari’s sack of some university vice-chancellors. The President also, yesterday, approved the immediate disengagement of 26 chief executive officers of some federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal in a statement, said those affected in the gale of sack include head of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA; Mr. Sola Omole; heads of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Voice of Nigeria, VON; News Agency of Nigeria, NAN ; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Others were New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD; Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF; Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund; National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA and the Petroleum Equalization Fund. Also on the list of those whose chief executives were sacked were Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC; Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP; Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON; National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC; Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, NIPC; Bank of Industry, BoI; National Centre for Women Development, NCWD; National Orientation Agency, NOA; Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Export-Import Bank as well as the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP. The President also directed the most senior officers in the parastatals, agencies and commissions to oversee the activities of the organisations pending the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new DG Budget, Mr. Abdullahi, “is a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing public finance, who will now replace the current D
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/errors-fg-fires-budget-d-g-26-others/President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the 2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi. Also, Mr. Ben Akabueze was appointed Special Adviser to the President on National Planning. The two appointments take immediate effect. President Buhari also appointed former House of Representatives member, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Again, yesterday, the President sacked heads of 26 federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. The sack of the Director-General, Budget Office and heads of other parastatals is coming on the heels of President Buhari’s sack of some university vice-chancellors. The President also, yesterday, approved the immediate disengagement of 26 chief executive officers of some federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal in a statement, said those affected in the gale of sack include head of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA; Mr. Sola Omole; heads of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Voice of Nigeria, VON; News Agency of Nigeria, NAN ; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Others were New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD; Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF; Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund; National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA and the Petroleum Equalization Fund. Also on the list of those whose chief executives were sacked were Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC; Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP; Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON; National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC; Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, NIPC; Bank of Industry, BoI; National Centre for Women Development, NCWD; National Orientation Agency, NOA; Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Export-Import Bank as well as the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP. The President also directed the most senior officers in the parastatals, agencies and commissions to oversee the activities of the organisations pending the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new DG Budget, Mr. Abdullahi, “is a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing public finance, who will now replace the current DPresident Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in a move to douse the tension over the 2016 budget controversy, fired the Director-General for Budget, Mr Yaya Gusau, and announced a replacement in the person of Mr. Tijjani Abdullahi. Also, Mr. Ben Akabueze was appointed Special Adviser to the President on National Planning. The two appointments take immediate effect. President Buhari also appointed former House of Representatives member, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Again, yesterday, the President sacked heads of 26 federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. The sack of the Director-General, Budget Office and heads of other parastatals is coming on the heels of President Buhari’s sack of some university vice-chancellors. The President also, yesterday, approved the immediate disengagement of 26 chief executive officers of some federal parastatals, agencies and commissions. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal in a statement, said those affected in the gale of sack include head of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA; Mr. Sola Omole; heads of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Voice of Nigeria, VON; News Agency of Nigeria, NAN ; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC and the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Others were New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD; Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF; Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB; Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund; National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA and the Petroleum Equalization Fund. Also on the list of those whose chief executives were sacked were Nigeria Railways Corporation, NRC; Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP; Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA; Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON; National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC; Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, NIPC; Bank of Industry, BoI; National Centre for Women Development, NCWD; National Orientation Agency, NOA; Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Export-Import Bank as well as the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP. The President also directed the most senior officers in the parastatals, agencies and commissions to oversee the activities of the organisations pending the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new DG Budget, Mr. Abdullahi, “is a fellow of the Certified National Accountants of Nigeria, and a banker of repute with experience in managing public finance, who will now replace the current D
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