President Buhari approves appointment for Amnesty Programme

- President Muhammadu Buhari has made a new vital appointment

- Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) has been appointed as Interim Administrator for Amnesty Programme

- Dikio's appointment will take effect from Friday, August 21

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The appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) has been approved.

President Muhammadu Buhari's approval for the appointment was announced in a statement and shared on Twitter by Garba Shehu, the presidential aide on media and publicity on Thursday, August 27.

Dikio's appointment as interim administrator will take effect from Friday, August 21, following Buhari’s approval of Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo's disengagement as the coordinator with immediate effect.

Dokubo was instructed to hand over all official matters to the most senior officer of the programme.

The Nigerian leader thanked the professor for his services and wished him the best in his future endeavors.

The statement reads in part: "President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme) with effect from August 21, 2020."

Similarly, President Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for nine (9) of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.

A statement posted on the official Twitter page of the Nigerian presidency said the approval letter for the appointments was conveyed to the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to the president, on Tuesday, August 25.

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Meanwhile, the president on Wednesday, August 26, inaugurated the newly appointed permanent secretaries and other government officials.

The swearing-in ceremony, which was held inside the council chambers at the State House, Abuja, highlighted the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the week.

Bashir Ahmad, the presidential aide on new media, made this disclosure via a tweet on his Twitter page on Wednesday afternoon.

"At the commencement of this week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (vFEC) Meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in the new appointed Permanent Secretaries and other Government Officials at the Council Chambers, the State House, Abuja," Ahmad tweeted with the photos of the meeting.

Buhari had on Tuesday, June 16, approved the appointment of 12 new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service. This was disclosed by the Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan.

Legit.ng gathers that the appointments take effect from Tuesday, September 1, 2020.

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