Buhari replaces Pantami with Abdullahi @NITDA, Ikeazor with Ejikeme @Pension Directorate - ITREALMS

ITREALMS:

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved replacements for heads of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies that were recently appointed as ministers, reports ITREALMS.

Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, ITREALMS gathered was named the Director General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Information Technology Development Agency.

However, stakeholders are already kicking over the Inuwa's appointment as it did not follow due process and fall short of provisions of the NITDA Act of 2007.

Abdullahi, ITREALMS gathered as at the time of his appointment was not a director in the agency but merely joined since March 2017.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity), Mallam Garba Shehu, informed ITREALMS that the appointments were with immediate effect, he noted that Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed has been appointed the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, to replaces Sadiya Umar Farouk.

Also, he said, Dr. Chioma Ejikeme has been appointed Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, replacing Sharon O. Ikeazor, while Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi is now Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency.

For Executive Commissioner (Stakeholder Management) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Shehu told ITREALMS that President Buhari has forwarded Adeleke Moronfolu Adewolu’s name to the Senate for confirmation as replacement for Sunday Akin Dare.

"These appointments take immediate effect," he concluded.

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