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President Appoints Sarah Alade As SA, Finance and Economy

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Sarah Omotunde-Alade, as Special Adviser on Finance and the Economy, the Presidency has said.

 

The office is domiciled in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.

“Dr Alade, who holds BSc (Economics) and PhD 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”, a State House statement by Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said on Tuesday.

With the appointment, the presidency now has two economic advisers, with one domiciled in the Vice President’s office.

He is Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, who was appointed in 2015 and tenure renewed in 2019.

There is also the economic advisory group, headed by Dr Doyin Salami.

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