President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) with immediate effect , amid allegations of mismanagement.
The President also directed the Commission’s most senior director to take over in the interim.
Hajiya Saratu Umar was appointed to the position for the first time in July 2014. She was fired as the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission by then-President Goodluck Jonathan less than a year later, in May 2015.
Buhari reappointed her as NIPC Chairman in July 2016.
The NIPC directors petitioned the minister of industry, trade, and investment over Ms. Umar’s alleged continuous maltreatment and violation of the existing laws governing the federal civil service, pleading with him to act quickly to prevent the Commission from collapsing.