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Poverty, Reform And The Problem of Causation

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2026

“Why Hardship Cannot Be Made To Testify Against The Reforms That Seek To Dismantle The Conditions That Produced It“ By Tanimu Yakubu The seduction of the wrong conclusion An increasingly familiar claim in Nigeria is that widespread poverty, nearly three years into the reform

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Budget Office: No Funds Released to PEAC/PFIPC

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2026

….Says Expenditure Controls Blocked Spending The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has defended the inclusion of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act, insisting that no public funds were released or spent by the council despite

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Fiscal Year Determined by Law, Not Calendar, Says Budget Office

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2026

The Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, has defended the delayed publication of recent Quarterly Budget Implementation Reports, insisting that Nigeria’s fiscal year is defined by legislative authority rather than the conventional January-to-December calendar cycle. In a State House press statement issued on May 17, 2026, Yakubu explained

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When Ignorance Masquerades as Economic Critique: A Rejoinder to Suyi Ayodele

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2026

By Tanimu Yakubu There is criticism, and there is confusion elevated to performance art. Suyi Ayodele’s “History Tinubu Should Have Learnt” is not an argument—it is a cascade of assertions built on a startling ignorance of how modern economies function. It is one thing to oppose policy. It is quite another to do so while […]

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EO9 Defends Constitution, Not Executive Lawmaking — Budget Office

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2026

The Federal Government has dismissed claims that Executive Order 9 (EO9) amounts to lawmaking by the President, insisting that the directive strictly enforces existing constitutional provisions on the management of Federation revenues. In a statement issued by the Director-General Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, clarified that EO9 does not create new laws