How Buhari fired NIPC boss days after asking another top agency official to vacate office

  • Weeks to handing over, President Buhari has again wielded the big stick, terminating the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar
  • Umar, appointed eight months ago, was fired from her position as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the NIPC
  • She would be replaced immediately by the most senior director in the commission in the interim

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

Umar was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari, who gave a directive for the most senior director in the commission to replace her in the interim.