Tag: Appointments
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JUST IN: Obiano fires 18 commissioners, other political appointees
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has sacked the 18 commissioners in his cabinet. Others fired were political appointees in ministries, departments and agencies. A letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, obtained by our correspondent in Awka, ordered the affected officers to hand over to permanent secretaries of their…
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Chieftaincy review: Ajimobi appeals judgement nullifying appointment of 21 monarchs
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday filed eleven grounds of appeal before the Appeal Court, seeking to quash the judgement of the state high court nullifying the recent elevation of some high chiefs as monarchs in the state. Recall that Justice Olajumoke Aiki had last Friday declared the governors appointment of the monarch…
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Buhari appoints new heads for four tertiary hospitals
President Muhammadu Buhari has named four heads for major health institutions across Nigeria. The president appointed Ajayi Adekunle as Chief Medical Director, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State. He appointed Henry Ugboma as Chief Medical Director, University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. He appointed T.O. Adebowale as Medical Director, Neuro-Psychiatric, Aro, Abeakuta,…
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Needless moralizing dead persons’ appointments, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Dead men don’t bite, writes Robert Louis Stevenson in the adventurous novel, “Treasure Island.” So, why would the Nigerian government appoint “dead persons” into boards of parastatal organizations? Going by official position, they were assigned when alive, but their demise occurred during the pendency of release of the list of appointees. Fair…
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Buhari will make full board appointments in 2017 – Presidency
Following the delay in the appointments of boards of federal government agencies, and the subsequent outcry by several interest groups, the presidency has assured Nigerians of the president’s readiness to commence the appointments by 2017. This was confirmed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. Recall that the president had made…