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Buhari Sacks NIPC Boss Saratu Umar

Buhari has sacked NIPC Boss Saratu Umar.

 

Glamtush reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Saratu Umar.

This online newspaper understands that the move is with immediate effect, presidential aide Femi Adesina said in a short statement Thursday.

“In a directive to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo CON, the President also mandated the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim,” Adesina added.

She was first appointed in July 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan’s government but was sacked in 2015. On July 5, 2022, President Buhari appointed her for a five-year term.

 

Read the full statement below:

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT BUHARI TERMINATES APPOINTMENT OF SARATU UMAR AS NIPC BOSS

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect.

In a directive to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo CON, the President also mandated the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim.

 

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity)

April 6, 2023

GLAMTUSH

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