Buhari sacks PPPRA, PENCOM, NSITF heads

Charity Nnaji

In a major shakeup in the nation’s agencies, President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the heads of 23 Federal Government agencies and ratified appointment of their successors.

Agencies affected by the shakeup included the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Pension Commission (Pencom), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), among others.

According to a press statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the Director, Press & Public Affairs in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi, said all the appointments take immediate effect.

The statement also has it that the Consumer Protection Council CPC, now has an Executive Secretary rather than a director general

Also named in the statement include Ms. Julie Okah-Donli as Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP); Mary Ikpere-Eta, Director-General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD); and Bayo Somefun as Managing Director, NSITF.

Tijani Suleiman, Jasper Azuatalam and Kemi Nelson were also named Executive Directors of the NSITF.

Ahmed Dangiwa was appointed Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank (FMB) while Melvin Eboh, Hajiya Rahimatu Aliyu and Umaru Abdullahi Dankane were named Executive Directors of FMB.

Alex Okoh was named the new Director General of BPE; Abdulkadir Saidu Umar as Executive Secretary of PPPRA; Ibrahim Musa Goni as Conservator-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Park Service (NPS), and Nnenna A. Akajemeli as National Coordinator/CEO of Service Compact (SERVICOM), among other appointments.