President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday through a statement made by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale titled, “President Tinubu appoints new leadership across the communications, innovation, and digital economy sectors”. The heads of the three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy were sacked with immediate effect.
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta; the Nigerian Postal Service’s (NIPOST) Sunday Adepoju; and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited’s (NIGCOMSAT) Tukur Funtua were dismissed.
He listed the new CEOs as Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of NCC; Nkechi Egerton-Idehen as Managing Director of the NIGCOMSAT; and Tola Odeyemi as Postmaster General of NIPOST.
However, Kashifu Abdullahi and Dr Vincent Olatunji were reappointed as Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and the National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, respectively.
Idris Alubankudi got appointed as Special Adviser on Technology and Digital Economy. His appointment is meant to “maximally leverage Nigeria’s proven technological and digital economic prowess to reposition the nation’s economy toward greater financial inclusion,” the statement read.
