With immediate effect, President Muhammadu Buhari has revoked Hajiya Saratu Umar’s appointment as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC).
This was confirmed in the Presidency’s latest Twitter post that reads: “Pres. @MBuhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect.
“In a directive to the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo CON, the President also mandated the most senior Director in the Commission to immediately take over in the interim.”
Umar was first appointed to the position in July 2014.