Profile of The Newly Appointed D.G of Budget - Ben Akabueze








The Presidency, Yesterday appointed a new Director general for the Nigeria’s Budget Office. The New Director is from Dunukofia Local Government of Anambra State and the Pastor-in-charge of the Redeemed christian church of God, Lagos province 39. he worked as the Senior Advicer to the federal governmnt on Finance an National planning. 
Read Below the Full Bio Profile of the “Newest Appointee” in Nigeria.
Early life and career
A distinguished banker, accountant, economist and administrator, he holds a first class B.Sc degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos and an Advanced Management Programme Certificate from the Lagos Business School. A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Credit Administrators (FICA), he has over 25 years experience in Accounting, Consultng and Banking. He started his career in auditing and consulting at Price Waterhouse and then switched over to banking, starting with Nigerian International Bank and City Bank.
He rose to the apex of the profession as Managing Director/Chief Executive of NAL Bank Plc (2000-2005). and Executive Director – Sterling Bank Plc from January to August 2006.
He worked with three other banks and ended up as the Managing Director/CEO of NAL Bank Plc from year 2000 to 2005. During the consolidation period, he joined Sterling Bank as Executive Director from the beginning of 2007 to August when he left for private consulting practice, and in January 2007, he was invited to join the Cabinet of the Lagos State Government.
He has served as Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning & Budget since January 2007 having first been appointed by Governor Tinubu and then re-appointed for two terms now by Governor Fashola.
Pastoral Career
Mr. Akabueze has been a pastor since August 1994 till date.
Experiences

* Special Adviser to the President (National Planning)

   Federal Government of Nigeria
   February 2016 – Present (5 months)
* HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT
   January 2007 – May 2015 (8 years 5 months)
* Managing Director/CEO NAL Bank Plc
   2000 – 2005 (5 years)
* Managing Director/CEO NAL Bank Plc
   2000 – 2005 (5 years)
-(Source: Mynaijainfo)

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