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Buhari names new heads of federal government agencies

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: August 20, 2019
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President Muhammadu Buhari has named new heads of some Federal Government agencies.

Okay.ng understands that the new appointees replaced their predecessors, who were appointed as ministers by the President.

Garba Shehu, spokesman to the president, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

Sen. Basheer Garba Mohammed has been appointed Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons. He replaces Sadiya Umar Farouk.

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Dr. Chioma Ejikeme has been appointed Executive Secretary, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, replacing Sharon O. Ikeazor, while Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi is now Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency.

For Executive Commissioner (Stakeholder Management) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), President Buhari has forwarded Adeleke Moronfolu Adewolu’s name to the Senate for confirmation as replacement for Sunday Akin Dare.

The appointments take immediate effect.

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