Tag: Tanimu Yakubu
FG defends delay in budget reports over extended 2025 appropriation cycle
He said the Federal Government’s fiscal operations have, at different times, gone beyond the standard 12-month cycle through statutory extensions,…
Subsidy removal not a Windfall – FG
The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has dismissed claims that subsidy removal automatically generates surplus…
Moment of Truth: Nigeria’s Path from Strain to Stability
The ongoing reforms, removal of entrenched subsidies, unification of exchange rates, and the tightening of fiscal discipline, are not arbitrary…
When Ignorance Masquerades as Economic Critique: A Rejoinder to Suyi Ayodele
It is one thing to oppose policy. It is quite another to do so while demonstrating no working knowledge of…
FG rejects claims of Presidential lawmaking through Executive Order 9
“All revenues or other monies raised or received by the Federation shall be paid into and form one Consolidated Revenue…
Budget Office explains NEDC funding amid ₦246bn salary controversy
He explained that the ₦246.77 billion reflected for the NEDC in the budget was a lump-sum statutory provision, not an…