UPDATED: President Buhari fires NIPC boss, Saratu Umar 8 years after she was sacked by Jonathan

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President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC, Saratu Umar with immediate effect.
In a directive to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Adeniyi Adebayo the President also mandated the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim.
The announcement is contained in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Thursday.
Interestingly,  former President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Saratu Umar, executive secretary of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) in 2015 for the same reason.

It is not clear how she was reappointed by Buhari.

In 2015, Reuben Abati, the then presidential spokesman, had confirmed the development, saying Uju Hassan-Baba has been appointed as Umar’s replacement.

Some NIPC workers had been appealing to Jonathan to dismiss Umar over allegations of “gross incompetence, high-handedness and staff intimidation”.

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“We renew our call for her immediate sack as any extra day she spends in the NIPC undermines the activities of the Commission and reverses the gains of Government in its bid to diversify the economy using private capital,” a recent petition signed by Ahmad Ghondi, chairman of NIPC union, read.

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