On Thursday evening, President Muhammadu Buhari terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission.

The announcement was made by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement titled ‘President Buhari terminates appointment of Saratu Umar as NIPC boss.’

The decision to sack Umar comes shortly after a report was released revealing issues in the administration of the Commission, which were attributed to Umar’s “incompetence and mismanagement.”

Adesina’s statement read: “President Muhammadu Buhari 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.”