President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr (Mrs) Sarah Omotunde Alade, as Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy.

She is to be domiciled in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning according to information made available to Naija News on Tuesday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity.

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.

It will be recalled she had also acted briefly in 2014 as the CBN Governor.