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.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed this in a Thursday statement.
No reason was given for the presidential decision.
Adesina said that the president has issued a directive to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, for the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim.
Umar’s sack ends a crisis that has pitched her against her senior officers and affected the commission’s operation.
There have also been allegations of incompetence and mismanagement against Umar, who led the NIPC for just eight months.