President Muhammadu on Tuesday announced the appointed Sarah Omotunde Alade, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as his special adviser on finance and economy.
In a statement made available to newsmen, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said her office would be “domiciled in the ministry of finance, budget, and national planning”.
Shehu’s statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr (Mrs) Sarah Omotunde Alade, as Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy, domiciled in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.”
“Dr. Alade, who holds a BSc (Economics) and Ph.D. in Management Science (Operations Research), retired from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as Deputy Governor in 2017 after spending 23 years in the apex bank.
“She had also acted briefly in 2014 as the CBN Governor.”
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