Tinubu Sacks 2 Other Buhari Appointees, Gives Reason

• President Bola Tinubu has sacked two directors who were appointees of former President Muhammadu Buhari
• Babatunde Irukera, the chief executive officer of the FCCPC, who was appointed by Buhari in 2019, was the first casualty
• Alexander Ayoola Okoh, the director-general and CEO of BPE, who was appointed by Buhari in 2017, was the second to be sent out of office by Tinubu in his latest agencies' reshuffling

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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has dismissed two appointees of the immediate-past administration of Muhammadu Buhari.

According to TVC, the affected appointees are Babatunde Irukera, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) CEO, and Alexander Ayoola Okoh, the Director-General/CEO of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).

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According to a statement from the presidency, the sacked CEOs were directed to hand over to the next senior officers in the agency as their dismissal was with immediate effect.

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The next senior officers handed over to the agency will have to be in charge pending the appointments of other chief executive officers.

The statement, which was signed by Ajuri Ngelale, the spokesperson to the president, reads in part:

"In conformity with plans to restructure and reposition critical agencies of the Federal Government towards protecting the rights of Nigerian consumers and providing a strong basis for enhanced contributions to the nation’s economy by key growth-enabling institutions."

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Irukere was appointed by former President Buhari in January 2019, a few months to the end of his first term in office.

Buhari also appointed Okoh in 2017 to oversee the affairs of the BPE. He was the managing managing partner of Ashford & McGuire Consulting Ltd, a leading, wholly indigenous management consulting firm.

The suspension of Irukere and Okoh is the latest by President Tinubu, who has been trying to revamp all government agencies and ministries.

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Source: Legit.ng