President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, announced the removal of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy.
The president appointed new heads to the agencies just as the heads of two separate agencies retained their positions.
The appointments were made known in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the appointed chief executives (new and returning), are heads of agencies such as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).
A review of the appointments indicated that the president has replaced three top executives with new individuals, while two of the executives retained their seats for another tenure of five years.
On his part, the former NIPOST boss, Mr Adepoju, was sacked barely a year after he assumed office. Similarly, the replacement of the NIGCOMSAT chief, Mr Funtua, came less than a year after he was appointed last December by Mr Buhari.
As of press time Thursday, no official reasons were given for the dismissals.
Meanwhile, amidst efforts to leverage Nigeria’s technological and digital economic prowess to reposition the nation’s economy toward greater financial inclusion, Mr Ngelale said the president also approved the appointment of Idris Alubankudi as his new Special Adviser on Technology and Digital Economy.
All the appointments, according to the statement, are to take effect immediately.
Mr Maid worked as the Executive Director of Technology and Operations at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS).
