NIPC Executive Secretary Saratu Umar fired again

NIPC Executive Secretary Saratu Umar fired again

 

Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Saratu Umar, has been relieved of her appointment.

Femi Adesina, spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, announced the development in a statement on Thursday.

This is the second time that Umar would be fired from the same position.

Umar was first appointed to the position in July 2014, but was sacked by former President Goodluck Jonathan in May 2015 over alleged unethical practices.

Umar was fired for allegedly leaking information on the granting of questionable tax waivers estimated to be worth $20bn.

Her dismissal had come exactly eight days after a nine-month-old letter on the controversial waivers was leaked to the media — and six days after the NIPC staff union petitioned the president to ask for her removal.

But in July 2022, she was reappointed for a fresh term of five years by Buhari.

Buhari in a new directive to Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, also mandated the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim.

 

NIPC Executive Secretary Saratu Umar fired again