– President Muhammdu Buhari has sacked about 17 heads of different educational agencies
– About 17 new chiefs have been approved by the president– Four heads of parastatals under the ministry were retained
On Monday, August 1, the president
approved the appointment of 17 new chief executives of various parastatals
under the Federal Ministry of Education. Premium Times reports that the new
appointees are Abubakar Rasheed (National Universities Commission); Lilian
Salami (Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and Administration); Hameed
Boboyi (Universal Basic Education Board); Lanre Aina (National Library of
Nigeria); Charles Uwakwe (National Examinations Council); Abba Haladu (National
Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education); Bashir Usman
(Nomadic Education Commission); and Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe (National Business
and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).
Others are: Sunday Ajiboye (Teachers
Registration Council of Nigeria); Afolabi Aderinto (Computer
Registration
Council of Nigeria); Bappah Aliyu (National Commission For Colleges of
Education); Abdullahi Bichi Baffa (Tertiary Education Tax Fund); Garba Dahuwa
Azare (National Teachers Institute); and Michael Afolabi (Librarian
Registration Council of Nigeria). Also appointed are Steven Ejugwu Onah
(National Mathematical Centre, Sheda); Ishaq Oloyede (Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board); and Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche (National Institute of Nigerian
Languages). A statement by a deputy director in the ministry, Benjamim Goong,
said the new chief executives had been invited to meet with the Minister of
Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, August 2. Mr Goong also said four heads of
parastatals under the ministry were retained. They are Samaila Junaidu of
Nigeria Educational Research & Development Council; Raaufu Adebisi of
Nigerian French Language Village Badagry; Mas’ud A. Kazaure of National Board
For Technical Education; and Muhammad Mu’az of National Arabic Language Village,
Maiduguri, Borno state.
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