The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has dismissed what he described as “theatrical arithmetic” in public critiques of Tinubunomics, arguing that much of the outrage surrounding Nigeria’s fiscal numbers is based on a misunderstanding of basic public finance principles.
Yakubu said the circulation of large headline figures purporting to show massive government revenues often results from the improper aggregation of unrelated items, including tax collections, oil receipts, borrowing, and so-called subsidy savings.
According to the DG in a statement made availab
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